Blogs from Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia - page 2

27th January 2018 Madhya Pradesh Return to India 6 (Click on 'previous' below the panoramas for earlier blogs) 25th January 2018 Looking for Royal Bengal Tigers in Bandhavgarh National Park Continuing the travels of two somewhat elderly brothers, David (of ‘the grey haired nomads’) and the younger, Mike, (aka, ‘keep smiling’). I’m not going to make any promises, but we’re going to look for tigers. The first problem is the arduous journey to get from Rishikesh to the tiger reserve at Banhavgarh. The second problem is that looking for tigers in the wild is rather like looking for a needle in a haystack, as I recall from our last visit in 2013 . So, there’s another strenuous day ahead I’m afraid: another 6am sta... read more

As a couple me and my husband wants to explore places which are exotic and natural therefore for our vacation after a lot of research we chose El Nido in Philippines, we knew that we had to take visa and as a budget traveller we were scared but after seeing the beautiful landscapes we so wanted to go there ,for applying visa we needed everything from hotel bookings to flight and that too in almost 6 months advance ,we took a little risk and after checking the cheapest route from india we booked everything and luckily with the help of a travel agent in Gwalior we got our visa, it was our happiest day and the preparation for vacation started at the same day. As very few Indians go there for vacation therefore i would like ... read more

Safari 2 Day 15. Friday 15th December A lazy start. Breakfast at 8.30, I just had meusli & coffee – how very English of me. Have decided on eating less as am putting on weight with all the pakoras and fried breads between meals (& sometimes with meals). The others decided to walk into the village for the ATM to pay their bills here. I had a good chat with Satyendra & Kay explaining our whole adventure to them, whilst they exlained the huge arguament that had occurred earlier next door – apparently there had been a drunken party in the garden next door (disturbing Mal & Shirl) and afterwards an Uncle had made love to the wife, or some equally disturbing outcome… But more of village gossip later. I finished my blogs of the last ... read more

2nd day in Tala. 14th December Up at 5.30 and meet others at 6 ready for our morning safari (Mal not coming as she can’t get up in the mornings, due to her insistance on late nights) We drove to Gate 1 (there are 3 or 4 gates), our driver Hadrim (Satyendra’s brother) takes our passports at the check-post, to check it’s us who booked this mornings safari (only about 6 jeeps are allowed in at any time). We get our passports back and pick up a guide and head off into the reserve, just as it’s getting light (6.45). It is a bit cold though although I had a fleece on, so made use of the blankets provided, as did the others. Very soon we saw some sika deer very close to the road, then ... read more

Day 8 (Saturday 9thDecember) Varanasi We all had a lie-in today. Although we were woken by a monkey fight and loud parrot who squeeked! Better than car horns though and the air is much clearer (apart from cremation smoke of course). Our somewhat grotty rooms are bearable. Managed to squeeze an extra bed into the Reedies room (although they had an extra large double already, so now have very little space around the beds). Electrical sockets are hanging off the walls; I have a socket-hole near the floor which has a light fitting in it (2” from floor!) All our rooms are in a line and we each have small balconies enclosed by a strong metal grill (to keep the monkeys out). This morning we stood out there, talking to each other from the balconies. The ... read more