Half a year… say what?! It’s absolute madness to think we’ve been away now for half a year. It feels like just yesterday that we left for our flight to Sumatra and here we are six months later, in a little fishing town on the coast of Kerala in India. The last month of travel has been full on. Whilst… Read more →
Munnar (pronounced ‘Moon-are’) is a hill station located 1600 metres above sea level in the Western Ghats range of mountains in Kerala, India. It’s also Southern India’s largest tea-growing region – with over 50 000 hectares of its hilly terrain covered in tea plantations. Munnar was not part of our original plans for India – in fact, we hadn’t even… Read more →
After a month travelling India’s hectic north, one of the activities we were most looking forward to in Kerala, one of it’s southern states, was exploring its beautiful backwaters – waterways and canals that sprawl for over 900 kilometres. One of the most popular ways to enjoy the backwaters is to rent a houseboat. With our hearts set on this… Read more →
With a civilisation over 5000 years old, India is home to an unfathomable amount of incredible history in the form of ancient architecture. Spectacular ruins of ancient cities. Forts, palaces and gardens built by the maharajas of old. Opulent tombs, the final resting place of the deceased. Temples and shrines and mosques for the Hindu, Muslim and Sikh faiths. During… Read more →
A few days ago we shared with you our experience of heading out on a camel safari in India’s Thar Desert – an activity we were looking forward to in our travels through India – and how very disappointed we were. It did not live up to our expectations in any way – you can read our original summary here.… Read more →
The close second on our Indian bucket list after visiting the Taj Mahal was a camel safari into the desert. Sand dunes stretching as far as the eye could see. Riding camels in the middle of nowhere, nothing but us and a guide. Watching the sun set, colours of orange, pink and purple filling both the sky and the silence.… Read more →
There was something very different about Udaipur from the moment we arrived. It lacked the very distinct chaos that had become the norm elsewhere in India to date. Jumping off our late train, we were approached by one – just one – auto-rickshaw driver who knew exactly where out guesthouse was and offered a reasonable rate first up. As we… Read more →
Time flies when you’re having fun – I didn’t even realise that its officially five months since we’ve been on the road until today – and thought what better time to re-cap the last month than during a 7 hour train journey?! The last month has seen us in three countries and six cities, the most we’ve moved around in… Read more →
Visiting the Taj Mahal was always on our bucket list. When we were putting together an outline of our travel plans earlier this year and decided on a few months in India, a visit to Agra to see the Taj Mahal was the first activity we locked in – and something we’ve been looking forward to since we set off.… Read more →
We truly were expecting the very worst when we flew into India earlier this week. The stories from other travellers about how incredibly filthy it is, animals and excrement lining the streets, scams on every corner – that it was one of the most frustrating places to travel. Then there’s also the news in the media – the violence and… Read more →
