http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/RoBeeJenZa/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from RoBeeJenZa en-us Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:30:24 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:30:24 +0000 After 33hours on a ferry from Venice which included two nights spent sleeping on the floor as we had the cheapest fare possible so it did not include a cabin we arrived at the Greek port town of Patras. Unfortunately though I left my sea legs on the boat and within ten minutes of landing on Greek soil I managed to fall over carrying my huge backpack and three pieces of hand luggage with my foreh http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Athens/blog-435690.html Although famed for its museums palaces and other beautiful buildings we saw very few of the inside of these popular tourist attractions whilst in Vienna. We were instead shown a less touristy side as we were lucky enough to have a guide one Mr Scott Wigglesworth a friend from back home who lives in the city. So whilst we did walk around the Museum Quarter and see the outside of Parliament and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-432049.html Coming into Amsterdam our Busabout guide annoyingly referred to Amsterdam as ldquothe Damagerdquo given the cityrsquos partyhard reputation and the young tourist tendency to leave Amsterdam in a somewhat more decrepit state than when they arrived. Although it wasnrsquot our intent to get ldquodamagedrdquo we became like the throngs of other tourists and certainly made the most of our http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-426682.html We were all struck by a sense of culture shock arriving in civilised and orderly London after having become accustomed to India's vast contradictions of wealth and poverty beautiful scenery juxtaposed with mountains of rubbish and some of the world's poorest yet kindest people. However within minutes of leaving the airport we were eagerly anticipating hot showers western food and a washing mac http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-417847.html From the rather disappointing Agra we journeyed to the Rajasthan a desert region in the North West. As the last unexplored area on our six week Indian adventure it had been eagerly anticipated and I am glad to say it exceeded all expectations. On arrival at our first stop the city of Jaipur a midget rickshaw driver with a humpback and an extreme mullet yes I am deadly serious wish I had t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/blog-416467.html Agrahellip home of the most beautiful symbol of love ever constructedhellip the Taj Mahal Indiarsquos most well known and most loved building. Agra is also home to some of Indiarsquos other great sights the Fort for example is exemplary it held out invading armies for hundreds of years. It even managed to hold of the advancing British Colonial army longer than its counterparts.You would http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Agra/blog-408654.html From the amazing Varanasi we made our way west to the Madhya Pradesh region. After a 12 hour train journey we arrived at our destination a small rural station in the middle of nowhere. As our train had been delayed three hours it was 1.30am and there were no rickshaws so we bunkered up and slept on the floor of a waiting room until 4.30am when we could get a taxi to take us to Tala an even sma http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Madhya-Pradesh/Bandhavgarh-NP/blog-403544.html We left the quiet peaceful south and boarded a plane from Kochi to Delhi. The plane ride was reasonably boring as there were no people selling fun Indian snacks and we were unable to yell out the window at every stop to ask for anything we may be craving like we have become accustomed to on the trains. Our first impressions of Delhi were less than favorable...we arrived at 11.30pm and after su http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Varanasi/blog-404296.html After three weeks in India today is exactly our halfway point the wildlife of this country still never fails to amaze me. On any given day you can be sure that you will see all of the following cows dogs goats and squirrels then on most days you are also likely to come across water buffalo monkeys chickens and cats. All these beasts are used to the humans who also inhabit their towns http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-401949.html Hi everyoneCarrying on from Claire's last entry we next bounced our way to Palolem Beach on a very noisy sleeper bus. The driver's whiskeydrunk son supposedly one of the conductors took a bit of a liking to us and relocated me a few times but we made it one piece and thankfully a rickshaw driver was waiting at the stop we were dropped off at 4.30am in the middle of nowhere. Palolem Beach is http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Palolem/blog-399895.html Whoever said that we would loose weight in India lied.Two weeks into the trip and if anything I am a little chubbier than when we left and why wouldn't we be when there is so much amazing food on offer for such cheap pricesHere is an example of a meal we had a few days ago we had Thali which I guess is a meal that has a bit of everything when it arrived we each had three delicious pots of cur http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/blog-399399.html Hello everyone Given that we have now been in India for one full week I have decided it is time to get this travel blog up and running to fill you in on our adventures to date. Firstly for all of those who may not understand the RoBeeJenZa reference it is the nicknames of the four of us the brain child of one Miss Hanna Cravenwho are on this journey and who will be attributing to this blog http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-397701.html