Trains, Boats, planes, tuk tuks, elephants…..

It is hard to believe that our Indian adventure is finishing – but what a relaxing beautiful, place to complete our journey – Marari Beach. Our days are spent reading, swimming, being massaged in the Ayurvedic Centre and completing the day by watching a beautiful sunset. We are invigorated, inspired and rejuvenated. Our capacity to […]

Tranquility and Tea

The flight to Kochi from Udaipur got in about 10.00 pm so it was straight to bed. Next morning a tour of Kochi, the highlight was watching fishermen with a large wood tripod lowering a net into the water, raising it a few minutes later with fish in it. Kochi has large Christian and Jewish areas as […]

Art, ATM and Ayurveda

Jaipur is a city of colour – it’s amber fort, pink buildings and decorated elephants dazzle in the sunshine. There is great wealth, incredible jewels and art to be seen. We learnt about Maharajas past and present and at the observatory we learnt about the influence of astronomy on people’s lives today – marriages to […]

Taj and Tigers

By Indian standards our journey from Delhi to Agra was without incident. We can say this because we are now used to wandering cows, herds of cows, packs of dogs, wild boar, camels and carts all sharing our already limited road space. That’s not to mention overtaking and undertaking with milliseconds to spare, cars, motorbikes […]

Colour, Chaos and The Ganges

Varanasi is a place like no other – a place of Pilgrimage and of historic ritual. The buildings are crumbling, rubbish is strewn all over the streets, there is constant noise and danger from the cars, mopeds and masses of people all out on the streets but there is a feeling of intent. The intent […]

Delhi Delights

The 4am pick up to catch our train to Delhi that arrived 2 hours late, traffic congestion like no other and surly staff at our hotel in Delhi dampened our moods, which were raised again after “happy hour” on the roof top terrace followed by tasty food and sleep until 8am! Next day our tour of Delhi started […]

Community and conflict

Our 2nd day in Amritsar – a day of 2 halves, epitomising the contrast that is India today ! Fortified by a fabulous Anglo/Indian breakfast, we set off for the Golden Temple,through the crazy, frantic, dirty streets. Entering the GT is another world – a community, where the values of respect, care, giving and service […]

Sleepless in Amritsar!

Our adventures have begun! Our journey started yesterday with an unexpectedly long visit to Birmingham Airport! The closure of Pakistani airspace resulted in a 7 hour delay to our flight and the increased flight time by 2 1/2 hours. We kept our spirits up ( literally) courtesy of the No 1 lounge at the airport […]

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton