Because we had a fixed date to get to Vietnam, our last week involved a lot of travelling, but in various forms.  Firstly we left Kolkata by sleeper train.  After a ride through the city, and over the large bridge over the Hooghly River, we arrived at the massive Howrah Station.  We found our comfortable […]

Well we have now returned back to India after a brief, but beautiful, trip to Bangladesh.  The 24 hour journey from Sylhet involved a minibus to the border, a taxi to Shillong, a “just caught in time” air-conditioned bus to Siliguri, and a private jeep to Darjeeling.  All so that we could be the only […]

We had a great time in Shimla.  It was warm, but not like the plains of India, and everywhere was walkable and traffic-free.  We found some lovely coffee shops and bars to chill in, and generally relaxed after our first (almost) month in India.  It was a good break as there has subsequently been a […]

India is fantastic, and we are enjoying ourselves tremendously, but there are things that have annoyed us.  These include dust, driving and bureaucracy.  This blog will start by addressing the three matters in a light-hearted way as they are all part of life here, and will end on a positive note by talking about the […]

Afer leaving Pushkar we went back to Delhi for a couple of days.  We did some sight-seeing at Humayan’s Tomb (see Delhi pics) and the wonderful Lodi Gardens, but also met up with some traveller friends we had met previously to exchange ideas on where to go next. We dodged a bullet somewhat as we […]

Well what can we say so far.  Well it’s hot, India is changing, and they are very holy.  Agra was superb, but we then moved on to the Pink City of Jaipur. This is a city modernising very fast, with a new underground etc., but our hotel was stuck in the past.  We believe that […]

We are loving this trip already.  After we got used to the stifling heat (around 40 degrees) and the traffic and general hubbub, we have enjoyed Delhi and Agra enormously.  There are loads of pictures on the Delhi and Agra pages if you’re interested.    Our homes for the next 18 months Delhi was much […]

The blog title just about sums up the madness of the last 24 hours.  Yesterday afternoon at this time we had just managed to complete packing the rucksacks – it was a bit of a push, but we managed to get everything in that we wanted. Then we bid fairwell to Reading, got on the […]