Killing time in Pondicherry: DON’T LET BAGGAGE RUIN YOUR LIFE
Whilst we had a lovely few days in Pondicherry, our last day seemed totally against us. First, an unfamiliar man knocks on our door at 9am, demanding to know why […]
Whilst we had a lovely few days in Pondicherry, our last day seemed totally against us. First, an unfamiliar man knocks on our door at 9am, demanding to know why […]
The bus from Hyderabad was a semi-sleeper which cost 1000 Rupees. We stopped once for a toilet break and snacks, but after that, it was a case of squatting on […]
The decision to come to Hyderabad, as well as it being on the way down South, was so that Brendan (Australian) could watch the cricket match (though personally, I wasn’t […]
So maybe it was our mistake not to book the train from Agra to Hyderabad in advance, but it’s difficult to know how long we are going to stay in […]
Agra – Home of the Taj Mahal I’m not quite sure what I expected Agra to be like, but I wouldn’t have expected this. My first impression on the city […]
I’m not quite sure what I expected Agra to be like, but I wouldn’t have expected this. My first impression on the city was that it was small, dirty, over-priced, […]
Once again we arrive early in the morning for a quick one-day-and-one-night stopover in Khajuraho. We came here mainly because we couldn’t actually get a train straight to Agra from […]
The Kumbh Mela Festival is one of the world’s largest gatherings of people with tens of millions of people coming to bathe and pray in the Ganges EVERY DAY, for […]
14 hours on a rickety train, and we make it to Varanassi. And Thank-God we booked accommodation, one with a pick up service too! The accommodation we booked was Yogi […]
So, arriving very early in the morning – actually it couldn’t even be considered morning yet to be honest – we touched down in Kolkata in India. The airport was […]
Meeting Brendan brought a huge wave of relief and comfort having not seen him, and barely spoken to him for two weeks. It was lovely to see him! We had […]
Having finished all my classes in Hanoi, my closest friends, as well as my boyfriend, having all left, the weather being cold, and not wanting to spend TET Holiday (Vietnamese […]