Geo: 27.8938, 78.0681This morning, we went for breakfast in the restaurant, huge big room with just the 4 of us eating! We have a few hours to spare before the start of all the celebrations with a cocktail party. Hanh, Thanh, Clint and myself all decided to go to Aligarh City Centre Point for some shopping, by tuk tuk!! We bargained for 100 rupee ($2.00) to take us the 6 kms to the market. Wow , this was an experience, a lot of people living out on the streets, and just everybody busy with their daily hustle and bustle of their lifestyle. The constant honking of the horns drives you absolutely nuts, it seems everyone is just in a hurry, or impatient!!The 6km journey took about 30 minutes, lots traffic and always slowing down for potholes ... read more

Geo: 28.6137, 77.1834Once again, we awake and plan to meet for breakfast early. We have to get to the Hoho bus station for Delhi City Sightseeing Tour. We were organised with a Ola cab (like Uber) and although it's only 6km away, with all the traffic, the bumps, the people, it all takes longer. The beeping of all the horns are now becoming drained into our heads, it's just a noise that happens all the time. Along the way, we see thousands and thousand of people commuting to work, to school, delivering fresh produce, furniture, steel lengths (6-8metres long), all in tuc tucs or motorbikes, cow and wagon, cars, overloaded buses, cows waddling along the side of the roads, dogs, some sleeping, some looking for food, it's so eye boggling to see the variety of transportation. ... read more

Geo: -34.9258, 138.6Another day, another adventure! We are off to India...!! We have been invited to a huge Wedding in Aligarh, India and we are excited!! After a sleepless night, due to the extreme heat we had yesterday (43 degrees) and during the night, it was very humid inside, we awoke early to start our day. Final pack of our bags, the off to the airport, Melanie taking us there. Checked in, and whilst filling out our customs forms, Nikki rings us to say the alarm is continually beeping and won't switch off..........why now?? Every time we go away, something happens at home or work! Well, after ringing the security man to advise there is a problem, we had to continue thru customs. Once on the other side of customs, Nikki messaged to say the alarm ... read more

Geo: 25.27, 55.33Well, our holiday is coming to an end, this morning, we have to say goodbye to Paris, but before we leave, we still have time to see a bit more of the city. We awoke early, time to start eating what ever food we had left, thank god for the Nespresso coffee machine in this room, it was the best! We finalised our bags, and we still have 2 hours before our pick up to the Airport. What else would you do for 2 hours? Well, Clint and I put on our warm stuff, and went walking, quite crisp this morning, about -2 and clear skies. We set off towards the Opera, a little bit further from where we would catch the hop on, hop off bus. It was a really nice sunrise today, ... read more

Geo: 48.8566, 2.35097Sunday morning, a little sleep in till 7.30am, wow, the first real sleep I've had since the start of this trip, there was no traffic noise....what???? This is Paris and there is no traffic on the street, they say not much is open on a Sunday, day of rest!! Well, again we had no breakfast, but we did have coffee. We left about 10am, walked to La Fayette building, then we waited for the Le Open sightseeing bus to arrive. This morning, we need the yellow line, which goes along past Moulin Rouge, Gard de Nord train Station, past Republique, and back to where we got on. First we went past Opera, which is a beautiful building, never actually went in it but think inside it would be spectacular. Next we travelled to Clichy, ... read more