Blogs from Upminster, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Hi all Today we visited the Victoria Memorial which was built and set up by the British as a memorial for the British in India. The building is an impressive piece of architecture and built all of marble. Queen Victoria welcomes you at the entrance and so does several other important persons who lived and "made"India. Sorry I have to go now they are closing!... read more

Hi all Keep those comments coming nice to hear from you all. We the 6 of us were liking 6 students off on our first trip away from home. We were all so exicited and didnt know what to expect. Our flight to Nepal was full of security checks and the plane looked like it had done a bit too many trips. Anyway as we were driving thru Kathmandu our 4 friends were ohhhh - ahhhh along the road - they have been living in India a wee bit too long and were shop starved! The hotel was nice and could have done with a bit of decorating and the rooms needed a good updating, but then we really only slept there - hard bed an all. The electricty was so good that it couldnt even ... read more

In the afternoon we visited the Government Museum which has a large collection of wookwork, jewelry which is based on the beautify Rajasthani and Mughal blend. We saw how the created the beautiful precious stones from raw to the finished piece. We also saw some anazing pieces of jewellery. If I hadnt lost my lottery ticket I certainly would have gone mad in that shop. We also visited the working observatory which holds a showcase of scientific brilliance. This was created by Sawai Jai Sing - the founder of Jaipur. The scientific pieces are all in extra large sizes and is so accurate right down to the very second. We also visited a pure completely made of white marble temple which was buildt by TaTa - the founder of a trucking and car manufacturer and several ... read more

Hi all Sorry about last update, power surge and problem with computer in Delhi and power surge in Jaipur. Gave up so am now in Kolkata and things seem to be going fine. I will opublish as I go along as I dont want to loose what I have typed as I have been doing along !@#$%^&*!! We left Bombay on 1.11.06 and flew to Delhi where empoers have appeared and disappeard. It is a city of modern and old. Delhi has been the center of all activities at all times even when we arrived they were having a industrial strike. There was no metro nor were there any shops open. The hotel was the Connaught - we thought it was good for the purpose. Room a little small but otherwise it was fine. They had ... read more

Hi all I habe this blog set up for our India trip if you have received this plse will you acknowledge with a comment so I know I have you set up correclty otherwise you wont hear from me at all whilst we are away. Cheers Olga... read more