http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/LaurenA/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from LaurenA en-us Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:16:37 +0000 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:16:37 +0000 Well we are back to the real world now work and uni have already started to hurt Just wanted to wrap this blog up and thank everyone for keeping in touch when we were away. Was always great to hear from you and we definitely missed you allI'll put some photos up of Jay's wedding which went from the 17th to the 19th of January. It was absolutely amazing The hindu wedding goes for 3 days the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jodhpur/blog-124227.html hello againhave found an internet connection that works so will add some more photos of darjeeling Just to let you all know i am so jealous of you all enjoying the summer over there. It is currently around 0 celcius here so chillyxxxx http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/West-Bengal/Darjeeling/blog-119273.html We are now in Darjeeling in the hills of West Bengal. I think the town is something like 2200m from sea level which is higher than Mt Koziosko can't spell Australia just can't do mountains like India can This place is amazing the town is basically built on the side of the mountain and the views are just amazing Only problem is mountains are cold yep anothe brilliant comment by laur http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/West-Bengal/Darjeeling/blog-118992.html Hello againApologies again for the delays in updating blogs especially for those of you who get maddy's blog as well and can tell that i am very slack with these thingsLast time i wrote we were in Pushkar I think. We had a camel ride out into the desert at sunset which was amazing. My camel was like a ferrari we were so fast hehehe. Kind of freaked out when i was getting up helpful hint w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Varanasi/blog-118103.html Hello all againHappy new years Hope you all had a fantastic night We spent the night in Ranthambhore National Park which is apparently the place in india where you are most likely to see a tiger not that we did Had a great safari in the park though and cliff got some great animal pics that he is sure to bore you all with when we get back and also managed to drop my lens cap near a croc http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Pushkar/blog-116110.html Hello againWe are now in Jaipur Rajasthan after a GREAT few days Jaipur is known as the Pink City because the entire city was painted pink in 1876 to welcome Prince Edward and they have kept up the tradition Well its actually more of a ochre colour but we're not fussy Spent this morning at Amber Fort which used to be the capital of rajasthan and was built in 1592. The palace is lovely http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jaipur/blog-114442.html Merry christmas everyoneHope you all had a fantastic day We are now in Delhi having survived the 52 hour train ride It was actually really pain free spent many hours playing poker playing with real notes and coins just to give you an idea of how little they are worth relative to our money and eating icecream cause the other food was GROSS The trains are really quite comfortable and q http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/New-Delhi/blog-113543.html Hello againWell we are back in Cochin where we started and about to leave on our 52 hour train ride to delhi this afternoon.. NOOOOOOO This will be a quick hello as we are going to buy some biscuits and things to eat on the train as i can not stomach 52 hours of train curry Before i start boring u all thanks for all the messages and comments great to hear from everyone So i am never e http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Kochi-/blog-112805.html Hello everyoneWell we have finally made it to a computer to let you all know that we are alive and well well we are well now after succumbing to the dreaded delhi belly more later..It is next to impossible to find a functioning internet cafe and when we did we were too sick to use it Apologies to those of you who are getting maddy andrews blog as well maddy is much much better at thi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Mysore/blog-111522.html Hello allWe have made it Poor cliff ended up catching my cold and so had the immense joy of having blocked ears sore throat etc etc on an international flight But he survived we spent the first day here taking it very easy lots of bollywood video clips and now we are all better So yesterday and today have been our first real days here. Yesterday was lovely spent most of the day at a g http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Kochi-/blog-109557.html Hi allAs per usual we have left everything to the last minute And I have come down with a lovely chest infection that has me coughing up green goobers and feeling like death. And only have a day and a half until we leave ahhhhhh...Anyway i am awful with emails and keeping in touch when i am away but i think these travel blogs are a great idea because you don't have to read it if you don' http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Hawthorn/blog-108195.html