Jodhpur and more touring.
23/6 – We left our grand hotel early for the long drive to Udaipur City. We hadn’t even left the city when Pia diverted us to a carpet & textile…
22/06 – Goodbye Jaisalmer, hello Jodphur.
Today is State of Origin II in Oz and we want to see it. For that reason we are departing from Gordangh Palace early (0700) because we have 7 hours…
20 & 21/06/2017 – West to Jaisalmer for 2 nights.
Today we had a long day on the road to the western most town that foreigners are allowed, Jaisalmer. We would be almost 1000 kms from Delhi and around 100…
19/6–On to Bikaner
19/6 Castle Mandawa may have once been a palace but the bed wasn’t fit for a king. You literally had to climb in as the top of the mattress was…
On the road to Mandawa.
18/6- in the bus by 0830 and leaving Delhi for Mandawa in the south. Some interesting stuff along the highway on the way out of Delhi by way of odd…
2nd tour in India. 15 or so days in a bus with 11 others.
17/6 – we were collected from the hotel around 0830 for our 1st day of touring. There’s 13 of us on tour. Pia (guide -actual name Praveen Paul) chatted as…
Kanha for two days & Shane gets Delhi Belly. 13-14/6
After 2 wonderful days in ‘Bandy’ we then drove to Kanha National Park for a further look for tigers. On the way their our driver stopped at a roadside stall…
Day 4–Tiger Tiger Burning Bright.
I’m almost convinced we’re going to win lotto soon. After the traffic here and the driving ‘skills’ of the locals we are just that lucky to be alive. Lotto will…
Orchha- This Temple was just spectacular.
We stopped off here on our way from “Gwalior to Khajuraho – 7 hour Roadtrip”. We’ve all heard of the Taj Mahal right? This is the Raja Mahal started in…
Gwalior to Khajuraho–7 hour road trip.
3rd day in India. I was awake at 0600 and ready for breakfast. Shane was not far behind. We packed until the restaurant opened at 0700 then returned to the…
Probably out of touch for a few days.
I tried to get some pix of last few days posted last night but I couldn’t stay awake. We are out of here in half an hour and we suspect…
India, Day 1. What have we gotten in to here? (pix are now posted)
Holy hell. What a 12 hrs & it’s only just started. Landed in Delhi around 8:30pm. Customs & Immigration ok. We were met by our guide (Soogie) who took us…
Last few days in Penang for June
Yep on Tuesday we’re leaving wonderful Penang for a 24 day tour of Northern India. Our top hope is that we see some wild tigers in the National Parks we’re…
Random Ramblings from Penang
We are often asked by family and friends “Why do you want to go to Penang”? Well if the previous blog posts haven’t answered that question then here’s more to…