Geo: 28.2636, 83.9724 After a long, long 26 hour trip from Darjeeling to Pokhara with Tony, Janine and Lynne, and two blow outs later... I arrive in Pokhara, Nepal's second largest city thankfully in one piece. We got jeep from Darjeeling to Silguri which had a blow out coming down the mountain, which was changed on a very precarious part of the road side, we then got the bus to Panitanki, walked to the Indian Immigration to get our leaving stamps, and walked over an incredible bridge, and into Nepal. We went through an arch confirming our arrival to Nepal, and we checked into Border Control, I got a 3 month visa, although I'll probably not stay here that long. We then jumped a bus from the border town direct to Pokhara bypassing Kathmandu altogether but ... read more

Geo: 22.6473, 88.3104 I really enjoyed Kolkata it was a real Cosmopolitan feel to it in comparison to everywhere else so far. Their doesn't seem to be any rickshaws in the center though instead it's all bright yellow cabs and old buses. These cabs and buses are great (I really am a petrol head) I love all the colors and take a trip on one of the buses to head over the Howrah bridge to the Flower Markets. The markets were lovely, I enjoyed just having a wander through. My friend Mary and I visited Mother Theresa's Mother House which was so peaceful, we visited Mother Theresa's room which was very simple and very humbling with litteraly her bed, a desk and chair, a picture of the pope, a crucifix above her bed, a clock and ... read more

Geo: 26.862, 80.9359Thankfully my hotel is just across from the train station so I manage to dodge the tuktuk's and just walk over to the hotel. I'm only staying here one night and I'm kind of glad as there isn't another tourist anywhere in sight! I went out to explore, jumped in a rickshaw (after I agreed a price) for a tour round but it doesn't look a very nice place, really dirty and no sights to see. I did stumble on a huge local market though which reminded me of the Barras markets, I enjoyed watching them shouting out what I presume was prices and deals of the day.I ate in a local dabba, but it was funny when I walked in everyones' eyes were on me, it felt a bit weird. I was fascinated ... read more

Geo: 28.6137, 77.1834So I arrived in Delhi on Thursday 3 Nov 2011, the flight was great, no hassles, plus I managed to get a sleep after I'd had my dinner and watched a couple of movies. I had a window seat and thoroughly enjoyed the views. The first sights were in the morning of the mountains in Afghanistan near Kabul, on the way toward India. I could make out some towns or villages but from this height they almost looked like mere matchsticks laid out on the ground. On my way into Delhi I spotted the impressive Lotus Temple, oddly enough a golf course (which I didn't expect), the city and parks and the lower I got the chaos on the roads, which I was about to experience.I got through customs no bother and got chatting ... read more

Geo: 55.8656, -4.25722I've really enjoyed my adventures but it's nice to be back home. Dad and Val pick us up at the airport and we have all the family round for dinner to hear of our tales and see lots of pictures, special interest of course being Diane, John and Amber. It's been a real inspiration away off traveling and I hope to do much more in the future.... read more