Namaste, Well it's been a while since my last post; mainly because I have been having too much fun in Rishikesh, but now I am back in smelly Delhi on the way to Varansi I thought I would have a bit of a write. A lot of fun and interesting things have happened in my ten days in Rishikesh (told you it would be hard to leave). As you may or may not know Rishikesh (or more precisely laxmanjula) is situated on the river Ganges just as its leaving the foothills of the Himalayas and making its long journey into the [View Full Entry]

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Greetings from Rishikesh, Well, I think I can safely tell you all that I feel I have finally got the swing of the traveling lark! and its certainly something that is going to be hard not to repeat in the coming years. Following on from the failed border attempt of the previous night myself, Olly (English), Lin (Vietnamese), Alan (Irish) and Nick (Aussie) (who I all met in the golden temple dorms) set off for an assault on the border. With the help of a pre booked taxi ride we made the border in plenty of time to a certain feeling [View Full Entry]

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Namaste! Well i finally left my four new friends in Bikaner following the camel safari and got on a sleeper bus to the holy Sikh city of Amritsar; home to the infamous golden temple. Eventually following a tiring bus journey I arrived in the city at 4:30 am - I don't know what it is but the Indian buses never seem to arrive at an appropriate time. I therefore arrived in a state of complete exhaustion and needing to find accommodation. Now, i had heard from a few people that the best way to truly see the temple is to stay [View Full Entry]

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Hi All, Well, I have just returned from the three day camel safari in the Thar desert! All in all five of us made up the safari including myself, 2 Israelis, an Irish guy and a Swiss; The trip started with a jeep ride into the desert to see some wildlife. This incorporated taking in an animal carcass dump where around 200+ vultures and eagles patrolled the skies and ground; which made a pretty amazing spectacle. The trip then took in a local traditional village where we got to see how the desert dwellers live; which included mud huts, lots of [View Full Entry]

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Hi All, Since my last post a couple of days ago I have continued my time in the holy Brahma town of Pushkar. In the guesthouse I am staying that I have befriended an Israeli and a Swiss; who have been fun to hang out with and it has meant I am not a complete loaner! They have actually invites me to join them when they move on from Pushkar and head to the Desert city of Bikaner; I gladly accepted their offer. Hopefully from Bikaner we will be heading on a camel safari into the north western part of the [View Full Entry]

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Well! Things have definately changed since my last post! Bascially the general gist is... i am now traveling alone! Juddy decided that with the combination of a very bad stomach and the fact he wasn't enjoying the delights of India that he would cut his losses and head back to the UK. Therefore I will be carrying on this trip in the shadows of my hero Kerouac as the Lonesome Traveler! As i type this i am sat in the amazing holy town of Pushkar in Rajastan. The only thing i can say about this place is WOW! The town is [View Full Entry]

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Hi All! Well what a day i have had today, As you know we are in Jaipur, juddy was feeling ill and didnt want to go out so i ventures out on my lonesome. I ventured over to the Royal Palace where some of the Rajastani royalty still live, it was a bit steep at rs300 in bit you got this audio guide thinng so i spent a couple of hours wandering around the palace. Upon leaving the palace i was wandering down the street (doing a dad) when a young bloke approached me. We got chatting and he wanted to [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, If there is one bit of travel advice i can give to you all its this... don't eat anywhere the rough guide recommends! Myself and Jud did this in Agra at our own peril! It ended with us spending 24 hours with food poisoning, which didnt help considering we had to endure a bus journey. We have spent the last few days in Bharatpur which has a famous national park; we have spent today wandering around the park which is supposed to be a wetland (although not very wet because of the ten year drought Rajastan has been having, [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, Well we finally made it! We arrived in Delhi on Monday to a massive culture shock; within the first day we had already almost fell for the green tourist trap when a well dressed young man approached us being all friendly. He managed to lead us in the completely wrong direction in order to take us to "tourist information"; needless to say we wont be falling for that one again! After a couple of busy days in Delhi we headed to Agra which is where we are now. We visited the Taj Mahal today which is truly stunning and [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone! With less than a week to go until we embark on our trip things are getting a little frantic! Myself and Jud only got our Indian Visa's last week with a lot of faffing about in the visa application centre in Birmingham. At the moment it's just a case of getting together all of our kit and buying last minute essentials. Just to let everyone know we will be having a bit of a farewell thing this Thursday in Hinckley; so feel free to come and say good bye (and buy us a few drinks!). I will write again [View Full Entry]

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