Part Ten - Our journey to Udaipur
We’re on a bit of a journey in this blog, visiting a few places on our way to Udaipur. First stop Kumbhalgarh. Our hotel is a couple...
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Part Nine - Jodphur
Today we are bound for another of Rajasthan’s famous cities, Jodhpur or the Blue City as it is otherwise known. It’s called the Blue...
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Part Eight - Jaisalmer
The drive from Bikaner is long so we make a couple of breaks in the journey. The first is recommended to us by Mahendra and Bhawna, it...
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Nov 206 min read
Part Seven - Bikaner
Bikaner is a city out west near the border with Pakistan, it is surrounded by the Thar, or Great Indian, Desert. This wasn’t on our list...
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Nov 186 min read
Part Six - Pushkar
We specifically want to include Pushkar in our trip because by happy chance it’s the annual Pushkar Mela (or Camel Fair). It’s reputed to...
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Nov 156 min read
Part Five - The Wedding
The village as we drive through looks really interesting, cobbled streets and crumbling buildings sporting faded but still beautiful...
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Nov 145 min read
Part Four - Jaipur
We’re now in a new state, Rajasthan and a new city, Jaipur which is the state’s capital. Jaipur is otherwise known as the Pink City, this...
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Nov 127 min read
Part Three - Shimla
So… the journey from Dharamshala to Shimla is gruelling. Our driver Sushil, takes a detour to avoid many miles of road widening works...
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Nov 86 min read
Part Two - Dharamshala
Our next destination is Dharamshala, home of the Dalai Lama and seat of the Tibetan Government-in-exile. This is in the state of Himachal...
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Nov 37 min read
Part One - Amritsar
India is a country both of us has visited before - Nick has been lucky enough to have visited the south several times - but it’s so...
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Sep 83 min read
Reflections on our Iceland Adventure
The main thing we’ve learned is that Iceland doesn’t do things by halves either in terms of its landscapes, its weather or the genuine...
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Sep 36 min read
Part Four - Iceland Adventure
Journey during the final stage of our Iceland Adventure Firstly, thanks to everyone who contacted us after reading the last blog to check...
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Aug 308 min read
Part Three - Iceland Adventure
Journey during Part Three of our Iceland Adventure Reykjavik, the most northerly capital city in the world is by far the largest...
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Aug 249 min read
Part Two - Iceland Adventure
Approximate route We leave the nice, cosy apartment this morning and head off into the rain. We would be telling an untruth if we said...
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Aug 198 min read
Part One - Iceland Adventure
The campsite in Hirtshals is only about ten minutes from the port and so we have no issue arriving on time. During the wait to board,...
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Aug 128 min read
Route During Week One
Nick in particular has spent ages preparing for this trip. It'll be a very different and in many ways a more challenging trip in Rocky...
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Aug 33 min read
Preparing for Iceland
We love Lionel and there will be other big trips in him but we also want to go to places Lionel can't get and so we decide to buy an...
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Feb 264 min read
Adios Amigos... until next time!
A quick review of our route! We leave the Picos de Europa - still a little achy from our hike! Our journey through the Picos to...
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Feb 237 min read
Route During Week Fifteen
Sadly, it's the last week of our trip. We head off from the spectacular As Catedrais beach. Our next stop is an unplanned and unexpected...
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Feb 179 min read
Route During Week Fourteen
Following the ferry delays, we finally arrive back in Europe at Algeciras as darkness is falling. We are wiped out and like a few other...
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