http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Dominic-Travels-The-World/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Dominic Travels The World en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:58:10 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:58:10 +0000 Mum and I left Mumbai after several hours catching a train to Bangalore and then to Mysore. In Mysore we visit the city Palace the Palace was very big but we werent allowed to take pictures inside. It was coolest at night time when the lights were on.When we were in Mysore we also took a horse and cart ride I was allowed to steer like the camel.After Mysore we caught a bus to Kerala where we http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-352624.html Day 1We had a walk around Singapore.Day 2We looked around we walked around the area. We saw the Merlion which is the symbol of Singapore.We also saw Raffles Hotel a very famous hotel in Singapore. We saw Judy and her nephew they took us to the harbour front shopping centre. In the evening we saw the Buddha tooth temple a famous buddhist temple in Singapore it was very big and inside was http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/blog-341152.html Today Mum and I arrived by overnight train from Jodphur to Mumbai. When we arrived in Mumbai we were with a french lady while we were organising our tickets at central station the French lady recieved a message on her phone to say there had been bombings in Mumbai we then spoke to some other tourists that told us about the terror attacks with one large attack happening less than 12hours befor http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Mumbai/blog-349835.html On the 20th of November Mum and I took a train to Jaipur in the desert state of Rajasthan while we were in Jaipur Mum was very sick. Jaipur is the pink city of Rajasthan while we were there I got to feed monkeys with my hands. On the 21st of November we caught an overnight train to Jaisalmer which is the golden city. We visit the fort which is the oldest living fort in the world with 2000 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/blog-349833.html We caught an overnight train with our American friend Jonathan to Agra on November 16th arriving on the 17th.When we were in Agra we saw the Taj Mahal we got up early in the morning to visit the Taj Mahal in the afternoon we caught a train to Dehli the capital city of India.In Dehli we saw one of Mum's friends who was visiting his family in Dehli he drove us around to show us the sights of D http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Agra/blog-349830.html We arrived in India overland on the 13th of November we caught a bus to Gorekpore and then an overnight train to Varanasi.Varanasi is a holy place for Hindu people the river ganges is to them the most holy in the world they bath here was their clothes pray here and burn their dead. While we were there we stayed right near the river with ganges views from our rooftop restaurant while we we http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Varanasi/blog-349827.html We caught a bus on the 11th of November to Chitwan Nation Park while we were there we did a few activities. It was a bit like school camp we stayed in a resort where we had a timetable of activities including our eating times where every one at the same thing.One activity we did was an elephant safari in the National Park we saw birds monkeys rhinos deer and crocodiles crossing the rive http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Chitwan/blog-349826.html On Wednesday Mum and I arrived in Pohara we saw lots of mountains when we arrived.Thursday Day 1 of TrekWe went on a bus to get to the start of the trek to go to Poon Hill. The first day was 4 hours and it wasn't too hard.Day 2 TrekDay two was a very hard day we took lots of stops and got there later it took us 7 hours to get to Ghorepani where we stayed the night.Day 3 TrekWe had to ge http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Pokhara/blog-343541.html Yesterday Mum and I arrived in Kathmandu we saw the mountains as we were flying here.There is lots of people here and cows on the streets.Mum and I walked around yesterday and visit Durbar Square.Today we had a tour we went to a few temples and to Patan to see Patan's Durbar square I liked it better than Durbar Square in Kathmandu.We went to a temple up above Kathmandu it is best known as the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/blog-341504.html Today is my last day at school before Mum and I leave for Asia we are going to Singapore tomorrow and we are going to Nepal on Monday I am excited I have my first back pack so I am a real backpacker now. Mum packed my bag weeks ago. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/blog-340036.html