Cultural.Leisurely.Spices We hadn’t planned on going to Kerala when we first decided to travel to India, but with numerous people we had met along our way telling us we had to make it part of our itinerary we thought we should go and see what all the fuss was about. When we arrived in the […]
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Short.Smart.Overgrown Bangalore the city of technology. We where only staying in the city for a short time but I was excited to see the city that has gained the reputation of the silicon valley of India. We arrived at 6AM off another painfully sleepless coach journey (we were again punished for lack of planning
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Bizzare.Prehistoric.Unique As is customary I’ll start with trains, what on one-hand is an impressively vast and, on the whole, reliable network is on the other a very difficult system to conquer for travelers such as us and many others who wish to take a laid back approach to planning itineraries. Such is the demand
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Beaches.Bikes.Beers Our umpteenth over night train got us into Goa two hours later than scheduled. On leaving the train station we got a rickshaw to our prebooked hostel where we were greeted by many travellers our age, most of which were really friendly and chatty meaning we had a warm welcome to Goa!
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Cosmopolitan.Thriving.Expensive. We arrived into Mumbai just before 10pm, only half an hour later than scheduled. Quite an achievement by Indian rail! As we walked to our hostel it was clear to see, even though it was dark and we couldn’t see much, that Mumbai was different to any Indian city we had experienced so
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Unexpected.Jumbled.Tasty We spent our final night in Nepal in the distinctly Indian border town of Khakarbitta, like many border towns it was dusty and depressing but we were forced into staying there as it was too late to either attempt the journey to Ilam or cross the border into India. The walk to
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Crowded.Holy.Ganga We stepped off the platform at Varanasi to be greeted by warm refreshing drizzle, and a carpet of people covering the station floors. The transition from Khajurharo to Varanasi was at first difficult for us. As with anywhere the general rule of thumb is the bigger the city, the less friendly the
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Rural.Relaxing.Friendly. I thought it would be fitting to mention (after a blog comment from my Dad… Hi Dad!) that when in India it is rare that you come across many people who are not Indian. Maybe this is something we hadn’t explained in our other posts. So, therefore me and Chris attract a
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The.Taj.Mahal. Without the delights of the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort I think it’s fair to say that Agra is a difficult city to love, this is reflected by the length of time travellers decide to stay there – usually no longer than one night. It’s streets are by far the most congested we
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Educational.Transitional.Regal We safely made it to Jaipur at 6am after a frightful journey. I slept most of the way but Chris kept a watchful eye over the traffic. Wing mirrors don’t exist on all vehicles, cows and people just wander in the road, keep in your lane isn’t a thing… but after a day
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Short.Dark.Closed We checked our sacks in at Dubai airport (thinking this may become a common theme) and had a delicious Thai meal before we boarded. The three hour flight was filled with conversation from the lovely Indian man sat next to Chris, who taught him Indian phrases that were quickly forgotten. On arrival everything was
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