Ella, Ella, Ella, Eh…..
The approach to Ella felt a bit like when you arrive at a ski resort in the dark. Windy roads climbing higher and higher whilst your ears pop, filled with anticipation of what the views will be like in...
View ArticleKandy: The Underwhelming Finale
I’m going to keep this post about Kandy short and sweet because, to be honest, it was pretty average. As a rule of thumb, I generally find cities outside of Europe a bit difficult and underwhelming so...
View ArticleKerala (translation: The Land of Coconuts)
We arrived at Cochin (the worlds first completely solar powered airport) and were met by our adorable driver to embark on our one hour journey to Fort Cochin. HELLO INDIA. Surprisingly, the roads...
View ArticleDelhi Delhi Delhi….
We were apprehensive about Delhi as we had heard mixed (well mainly bad) reviews about the city. It wasn’t on our initial itinerary to spend any time there other than flying in and out again but we got...
View ArticleFrom Darjeeling to Varanasi…
I’m going to skip past Darjeeling pretty quickly as it’s definitely one we wished we had missed off of the list. Unfortunately the quaint little town up in the hills that I had imagined in my head was...
View ArticleHoli and The Taj
We were gutted to be leaving Varanasi as it was ramping up for Holi, especially as Manish had invited us along to party with him and his friends, but alas we had another fun day of traveling ahead of...
View ArticleRajasthan: Jaipur to Pushkar
The train from Agra to Jaipur took around six hours, this time in a cabin which we shared with two young Indian guys who barely spoke any English but absolutely insisted on sharing their sisters...
View ArticleRajasthan: Jodhpur to Udaipur
Next stop on our tour of Rajasthan was the blue city of Jodhpur, a 5 hour drive from Pushkar. Described in Lonely Planet as a ‘tangle of winding glittering medieval streets’ I was quite excited as the...
View Article2 Nights in Mumbai :)
After Delhi we were apprehensive about hitting one of India’s big cities again, but we needn’t have been as it was nothing like it. It has such a modern and trendy feel in comparison, and there’s...
View ArticleThe Goan Finale
We left hectic Mumbai for a dreamy ten nights in Goa which was by far the longest we would spend somewhere during our trip. It was lovely to see the South Indian countryside again for the first time...
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