Renee Dominic

Today we started with a trip to San Telmo, one of the oldest areas of the city, and also the home of Tango, the Sunday antiques market lined the streets, with street performers every where, playing music, dancing the tango, using magic etc, the ambiance was amazing, cobble stonned streets, beautiful architecture, cafes, and artists, it was totally alive. This afternoon we took a city bus tour, taking in the main sights of this beautiful city, much of the cities architecture reflecting on its European routes, you could almost mistake yourself as being in Europe somewhere, we also expericed the extremes of BA from the opulant and exclusive Recoleta to the slums, we visit the colourful La Boca, which was definetely a highlight, in one of the cities poorest neighbourhoods where it is certainly advised to ... read more

Well we have now reached our last week, and with mixed feelings, whilst it will be nice to get home I have really enjoyed the last few weeks of India, and would love to keep exploring this amazing country. Last time I had time to write we were in Mumbai, which was a very scary day, but we made it out safely and have such a story to tell now. After Mumbai we caught an overnight train to Bangalore and after a night there an early morning train to Mysore. Mysore was a really lovely place, not too busy and not overly effected by western society, which was nice, whilst there we explored the amazing palace, which was my reason for going there, the palace was amazing and with an audio guide we got a lot ... read more

Dominic and I took a train to Jaipur from Dehli on the 21st of November, and although Jaipur seemed like a nice place it to was a place full of scams, we had just one day for sightseeing here, and spent more time looking at jewelery and textiles than the sights we had wanted to see, on a positive note however it is wedding season here, and we were able to witness many weddings and fireworks whilst in town. We then head further into the desert to Jaisalmer, where we visit the amazing fort, the oldest living fort in the world, with some 20,000 people living there. We also visit the city palace within the fort area which was also amazing. Jaisalmer was definetely a highlight of our trip here, quite laid back, and lovely just ... read more

We have arrived safely in Varanasi, after an amazing few days in Chitwan, Day two in Chitwan was so much fun, and absolutely amazing, we began the day with an elephant safari through the park, where we were able to see three rhinos, firstly a mother and baby, which was amazing, we also saw wild deer, monkeys, birds and a crocodile. In the afternoon we took a somewhat scary canoe ride down the river, which was a dug out canoe, from here we saw several crocodiles, and although they were at least a metre away it was quite scary. We then followed this with a walk through the elephant breeding centre, where we saw many mothers and young elephants, including the highlight, 6 day old twins, they were so adorable, and very rare, it is ... read more

Dominic and I finally arrived in Singapore yesterday evening, finding our hostel remarkablly well, the weather is not too hot but quite humid, my hair is so fluffy today, this morning Dominic and I took the train to see the Merlion, the symbol of singapore, and then walked to raffles hotel. We will be meeting Judy, one of the ladies that used to walk in the factory for lunch in China town later today, and tomorrow morning it is off to Nepal, so a very early start, which shouldnt be too hard, as Dominic is still on Australian time and was up at 3am, although I made him lye in bed until 7am, which he was very restless by. Must be off now, but will up date on Tuesday, hopefully with some pics.... read more