http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Grey-haired-nomads/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Grey haired nomads en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 15:15:16 +0000 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:15:16 +0000 India 9 39An Indian Swansong39 MumbaiUdaipurRanakpurJodhpurNagaurRoopangarhJaipurRanthambore KeoladeoFatehpur SikriChambalAgraDelhiShimlaDharamsalaltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtPongAmritsar Pong and Amritsar15th March 2013 39An Indian Swansong39We39re going to Pong. Im not at all surprised we have been travelling for nearly five weeks now http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Punjab/Amritsar/blog-777096.html India 8 39Into thin Air39 MumbaiUdaipurRanakpurJodhpurNagaurRoopangarhJaipurRanthamboreKeoladeoFatehpur SikriChambalAgraDelhiShimlaDharamsalaPongAmritsar Shimla and Dharamsala11th March 2013 39Into thin Air39 I guess we don39t talk about class these days. It39s not considered politically correct to think of others as second class citizens or upper class snobs http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Himachal-Pradesh/Dharamsala/blog-776643.html 39The Pearl of India39 India 7 MumbaiUdaipurRanakpurJodhpurNagaurRoopangarhJaipurRanthamboreKeoladeoFatehpur SikriChamballtem stylefontsize 1.4remgtAgraDelhiShimlaDharamsalaPongAmritsar Agra to Delhi5th March 2013 39The Pearl of India39 And so we came to Agra.For as the Eiffel Tower is to France Sydney Harbour Bridge is to Australia and the Statue of Lib http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Agra/blog-775932.html Ancient Cities Life in the Wild India 6 MumbaiUdaipurRanakpurJodhpurNagaurRoopangarhJaipurRanthamboreKeoladeoFatehpur SikriChambalAgraDelhiShimlaDharamsalaPongAmritsar39Fatehpur Sikri to Chambal392nd March 2013 Fatehpur Sikri our next port of call is on the route to our final wildlife experience at Chambal. Mike insisted it should not be missed. Fatehpur Sikri was a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Fatehpur-Sikri/blog-775230.html 39Tigers in a Haystack39 India 5 MumbaiUdaipurRanakpurJodhpurNagaurRoopangarhJaipurRanthamboreKeoladeoFatehpur SikriChambalAgraDelhiShimlaDharamsalaPongAmritsar RanthamboreKeoladeo28th February 2013 39Tigers in a Haystack39We39ll be hunting for tigers in the Ranthambore National Park in the early hours of tomorrow morning so it39s early to bed and a wakeup http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Keoladeo-National-Park/blog-775194.html 39A journey through Rajasthan39 India 4 MumbaiUdaipurRanakpurJodhpurNagaurRoopangarhJaipurRanthamboreKeoladeoFatehpur SikriChambalAgraDelhiShimlaDharamsalaPongAmritsar NagaurRoopangarhJaipur25th February 2013 Gone are the rocky Rajasthan hills as we leave Jodhpur by car heading for Nagaur and the Cattle Fair. Nagaur is India39s second largest cattle fair and the mai http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jaipur/blog-774123.html 39Two Forts and a Wedding39 India 3 MumbaiUdaipurRanakpurJodhpurNagaurRoopangarhJaipurRanthamboreKeoladeoFatehpur SikriChambalAgraDelhiShimlaDharamsalaPongAmritsar Udaipur Kumbhalgarh Fort Ranakpur Jodhpur15th February 2013 There39s no peace for the wicked. Our 2am wakeup call put paid to any dreams of lazily holidaying under swaying palms on sandy beaches. There http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jodhpur/blog-772928.html A Gateway to India Mumbai UdaipurRanakpurJodhpurNagaurRoopangarhJaipurRanthamboreKeoladeoFatehpur SikriChambalAgraDelhiShimlaDharamsalaPongAmritsarMumbai Bombay13th February 2013 A sombre cloudless sky greeted us on arrival in Mumbai defused by localised smog laying heavily over the bay but after the 1C and snow we left behind in the UK the 30C of Mumbai is decidedly welcome o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Mumbai/blog-771823.html MumbaiUdaipurRanakpurJodhpurNagaurRoopangarhJaipurRanthamboreKeoladeoFatehpur SikriChamballtem stylefontsize 1.4remgtAgraDelhiShimlaDharamsalaPongAmritsar39A Package to India3912th February 2013It was 1956 and I was home on leave from the Air Force for the weekend. An Indian gentleman knocked on our front door that day enquiring after my 1939 Hillman advertised fo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Mumbai/blog-767480.html ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtMotorhome News from Scotland 3September 21st 25th 2012 ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtltem stylemsobidifontstyle normalgtBerneray North Uist South Uist and Eriskay The continuing hunt for Otters Bonnie Prince Charlie and Whisky Galore Its a mere forty minutes by ferry from Leverburgh on South Harr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Outer-Hebrides/blog-750859.html Motorhome News from Scotland 2September 17th 21st 2012The Outer Hebrides. Harris Lewis 39The Land of 1000 Rainbows39ltem stylemsobidifontstyle normalgtA letter to my sister Audrey. My dear AudreyWe only get to see you so briefly once a year when you join us for the family garden party in July but we think of you often as we travel knowing that for you this is anot http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Outer-Hebrides/blog-748449.html Motorhome News from Scotland ISeptember 7th September 16th 2012 Teesdale Co Durham Scotland Trossachs Balmoral Perthshire Aberdeen It39s just the way it happens sometimes. This travelling bug I mean. If you have a minute or two to spare I39ll tell you how it goes. Sit over there on the sofa by the window. Somewhere around this time in September it39s Penny39s birthday. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Perthshire/blog-746576.html Motorhome News from Poland III11th June 2012Poland Krakow Wieliczka Salt Mines AuschwitzGermany Meissen Colditz ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtltem stylemsobidifontstyle normalgtLest We ForgetA visit to Krakow would not be complete without one final bugle call a visit to the Wieliczka Salt Mine a short distance out of town. Perhaps you39ve he http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/blog-725410.html Motorhome News from Poland II6th June 2012 Hunting for Bison and Wild boar sent to the Salt Mines and Chasing Dragons in Krakow ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtltem stylemsobidifontstyle normalgt I remember I remember every moment of our last visit to Poland though the faces of our group of birders are long forgotten. I remember the ancient forests and crys http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Warmian-Masurian/blog-725277.html Motorhome News from Latvia Latvia Chapter I28th April 2012 We39re slowly becoming acquainted with the local currency but there39s not enough time to make friends with all the coins and notes the value in UK or the price of food and diesel. In Lithuania it was Litas and in Latvia it is Lats. To make life easy we brought some of each with us and hopefully we can get home with pockets emp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Latvia/Riga-Region/blog-720730.html Motorhome News from Lithuania Lithuania Chapter I Saturday 28th April 2012 Once again we turn into new territory up into the Baltic States beyond Poland edging our way northwards towards the southern shores of Scandinavia and the western fringes of the old USSR to delve into the history the landscape wildlife and culture aflicted by invasion from all sides for centuries. Is that why we contin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-720728.html Motorhome News from Estonia Sunday 20th May 2012 I was just four years old at the outbreak of WWII. My memories of those years are somewhat vague after all that time the fearful whine of sirens school lessons in dark underground shelters the drone of German aircraft overhead the bombed out house with the lampshade on top as I walked to school watching the VI 39buzzbomb39 gliding past t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Tallinn/blog-718845.html Motorhome News from Poland 128th April 2012 Germany The Pied Piper of Hamelin and along the Baltic Sea coast into eastern Poland. A weasel gambolled across the lawn on the morning before we left our home in Suffolk prancing in and out of the flowerbeds and along the patio by the front door. A badger lay dead immediately outside our front gate stiff and cold from a night at freezing temperatu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Pomerania/blog-713739.html Motorhome News from Europe 49 6th March 2012 ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtReturn from Morocco Tangier Med Algeciras Laguna de Fuente de Piedra El Torcal Nerja Caverns Alpujarras Cabo de Gataltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgt ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtltem stylemsobidifontstyle normalgtLife begins at Seventy http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tangier-T-touan/Tangier/blog-697452.html Motorhome News from Morocco 31st February 2012Continuing our travels to Morocco by motorhome with friends Kit and Morag from Norfolk UK and Brian and Kathryn from Adelaide Australia.From Sand in the Desert to Snow in the MountainsTodra Gorge Erfoud Merzouga Midelt Azrou Fes Volubilis Chefchaouen and back to the Med. It always makes sense to read the guide books before travelling. 39 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/F-s-Boulemane/Fes/blog-684730.html