Posts Tagged ‘India’

China... unlike any other nation in the world! We entered China via train from Irkutsk in Russia and made our way to Beijing. We were overwhelmed with the sights, sounds and smells and craziness of this huge city....

Ever thought of doing the really really adventurous travel 'thing'??? 'Thing' being tripping from the UK to India overland? I don't think there are many of us who can say they've done it, but James has (recently), and he's here to enterta

Now this is subjective, I haven’t been everywhere but I love beaches and prefer sand over shingle or rocks and I have been very fortunate to have seen quite a few great beaches in my travels.

I had been trying to get to India for ages, in fact I already had an unused and expired visa in my passport, this time I would actually make it.

Getting a haircut anywhere in the world is a seriously worrisome task. In India I was doubly worried. But I was pleasantly surprised with both my hairdresser and his skill!

Buses make backpacking in India easy. There’s always one going to where you want, when you want, and they are cheap. All you have to do is sit back and try and enjoy the ride. Some though might say Indian bus travel is a form of suff

When I arrived in Varanasi, India, I had travelled for way too many hours on a bus from Nepal strung out after a really bad bhang lassi (hash yoghurt drink) experience.  For most of the journey I had vomited and hallucinated, gripped by fe

I was struck by this comment from a reader about a recent blog concerning the tour company Contiki starting in South-East Asia: “In the words of the great T.V show… Goodbye, Farewell and Amen.  I am so glad i have already been