India trip

12 hours ago6 min read

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...

3 days ago8 min read

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...

6 days ago9 min read

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...