The beautiful city of Esfahan was where we were to spend our first wedding anniversary. We were truly blown away by the place. The stunning Naqsh-e Jahan square with its beautiful palace and mosques was one of the most impressive places we’d visited so far on our trip. Our anniversary was spent Naqsh-e Jahan square [...]
The journey from Shiraz to Yazd passed through some incredible desert scenary and as we crossed the Zargos mountains we were treated to a vista of snow-capped peaks. The city of Yazd was like no other we had visited on our trip so far. The amazing adobe architecture of the old city gave the narrow [...]
Our first task after checking into our hotel in Shiraz was to purchase a manteau for me. At Sharjah I had changed into one of Matthew’s shirts in order to adhere to Iran’s laws regarding how women should dress in public. Finding a manteau was no problem. The lady at our hotel pointed us in [...]
Continuing the theme of returning to cities for a third time we took the Golden Temple Mail from Amritsar to Delhi. I didn’t have the most pleasant of journeys from Amritsar. I’d been gloating to Rhian that I’d avoided any prolonged sickness during out fifteen weeks on the sub-continent only to pick up a nasty [...]
Amritsar was definately one of the highlights of our ten week Indian adventure. It was also one of the friendliest cities we have visited. Travelling across town by cycle rickshaw, our drıver was furiously whistled at. We turned around to find a burly Sıkh policeman grinning at us like a Cheshire cat and giving us [...]
Arriving in Kathmandu after our Helambu trek during the chaos (and violence) of student elections we were relieved to find that the two week long bandh in the Tarai had been lifted. Our route back to India was open. We immediately bought a pair of tickets on the Golden Travel bus to Bhairawa. We spent [...]
After much deliberation we decided on a trek from Nayapul to Ghorepani then across to Ghandruk and back to Phendi and Pokhara via Landruk and Dhampus. Our start was delayed by a bout of sickness suffered by Mam but we were soon on our way to Nayapul one hour away from Pokhara by taxi. From [...]
The International Guest house was a peaceful haven, just outside the chaos of the main Thamel tourist area, where we were to base ourselves for a couple of days. We had a day and a half in Nepal’s capital before Pam arrived. Wanting to save the sightseeing until she arrived, we spent this time relaxing [...]
On arriving in Orchha (by musical auto) we immediately bumped into our friends from the Mumbai to Hospet train, Paawan and Sushma. They invited us to join them rafting down the Betwa river that evening. The sight of the riverside tombs as the sunset was truly memorable. The next day we took in Orchha’s sights [...]
…in South India. The breakfast options are excellent and lunch is a daily, potentially never ending, feast. If, after all that, you’re still feeling peckish there’s an enormous selection of freshly cooked snacks and sweets to have with your evening chai. The lunch time ‘meals’ have been something of a revelation for me. The best [...]
