There are a few ways to see Mt Everest in person: climb to its snowy peak (after saving your pennies for years and training for months to make the challenging eight-week trek), take the 15-day round hike to Base Camp and stand in its shadow, or book yourself onto a 60-minute scenic flight from Kathmandu. […]
A visit to the Ganges will change you. The chaotic streets, narrow galis filled with hawkers and touts, dobi wallahs on their way to the river, ringing bells and burning incense. The vibrancy of brightly painted temples against the grey sky, colourful washing drying on the ghats and orange marigolds floating down the river. The […]
With its famous rounded onion domes, 40-metre-high minarets and ornate curved archways, Agra’s Taj Mahal is perhaps the most iconic monument to love – and loss – in the world. Constructed in 1632 by Emperor Shah Jahan as a tomb for his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal (who died while giving birth to their 14th child […]
Day: 7 Marriage Proposals: 0 (what’s wrong with me?) Curry Dishes Eaten: 26 Pounds Sweated Off: approx. 1.5 You know when you’re at the gym…standing on the treadmill ready to get started…one foot on the side, the other on the belt (to test the speed)…and as the speed increases, you’re hopping on one foot?! Well…this […]
My first entry from India and probably the last one for a long while. The hospital is apparantly in the middle of the jungle in Assam and we have to travel at leat 2 km to reach a computer. It is going to be an experience! The last week has really been a big mixture […]
So I’ve left India…I’m sitting in an Internet Cafe in Ubud, Bali. Obviously as you can tell from all my previous blogs, not surprisingly, life is great as usual. However I do miss India. Left a small piece of my heart there as I guess you should if you spend more than three months in […]
We come down to breakfast to find the party of Canadian tourists unable to leave the hotel. The Maharajah explains that the Jats are causing “some agitation” back towards Bharatpur where we were a few days ago. Within the caste system, the Jats are a relatively high caste of farmers and they are complaining about […]
Calcutta es una ciudad que supero por mucho mis expectativas, sin duda uno de mis lugares favoritos hasta el momento. QUE ES LO QUE MAS ME GUSTO? Poder hacer voluntariado, la gente que conocí y el ambiente en Sudder St. (el barrio donde nos se hospedan los viajeros y los voluntarios). QUE ES LO QUE […]
Faded grandeur is an over-used term, but it is truly apposite in Jhalawar. First the grandeur. Gagron Fort towers over the confluence of two rivers, its massive rounded outer walls seemingly impregnable. From the outside, it would not be a surprise to find it on the Welsh border, forming part of the line of defences. […]
Despite disappearing off the face of the planet for a week in Sikkim, we are alive and well in Kolkata (Calcutta). We spent about 4 days in Pelling, which is a remote hill town at about 2100m. Most of our days involved a combination hanging out, eating momos (Tibetan Dumplings – David has a mild […]