Category Archives: Travel

Forget Indian food, it’s for small girls! Forget Mexican, it would hardly cause Mr Kitty to meow in alarm. Thai food is where the burn is at. Sarah and I have just returned from a delicious meal in a street market in Chiang Mai. I chose the beef with sweet chili sauce, it was delicious, […]

We arrived in Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport and after a small difficulty navigating the labyrinthine terminal we, and our luggage were soon in the prearranged car on the 3 hour drive to the small resort town of Hua Hin. The Hilton resort is paradise; clean, friendly with every amenity you could desire and a pool to […]

Jodhpur Our hotel was a happy place for us, although it had the typical Indian ‘not quite finished’ feel to it (random wires and fixtures with no apparent purpose), overall it was had character and charm and even good service. Most of all it had a very impressive pool were we could relax apparently miles […]

I have just uploaded (probably) our last photos for India. We arrived today in Hau Hin, Thailand. Here we intend to relax and reflect on things past and catch up on the blog. Don’t be surprised if there are no more photos for a while, we don’t intend on doing much while we are here!

Pushkar is noted in the guidebook as being the tourist hotspot of Rajasthan. It is a holy city set on a lake, surrounded by hills, with India’s only temple dedicated to the god Brahma. Hundreds of temples make up the city, a place of pilgrimage for Hindus and hippies, though the temples themselves may be […]

I’ve just uploaded two sets of photos Ranthembore & Jaipur and Pushkar & Jodhpur. We will write soon, but we are on the road a lot and pressed for time so we try and focus on getting the gallery updated. Tomorrow we leave for our final destination in India, Jaiselmer where we will spent a […]

After rattling off the road from Ranthambore, we hit the main highway, and after a chai break we arrived at the Holiday Inn Jaipur. Yes, not exactly a converted Maharaja’s palace, but a sympathetic building just outside the gates of the old “pink” city, and one with an abundance of toilet paper and in room […]

I have been nominated to tell about the India portion of our trip through today, so here goes. In Delhi the only real tourist site that we made it to was the Red Fort. It was built in in the 1600’s by Shah Jahan (builder of the Taj Mahal) as a residence. It was impressive […]

After all the fun and games that was Delhi, we decided we couldn’t take it anymore and got ourselves a car and driver. The driver’s name is Hari and he has already made our lives so much more enjoyable. We left Delhi and went to Agra to the Taj Mahal. From Agra to Ranthambore to […]

It has come to my attention that there is not a complete and accurate guide for foreigners driving in India. Here in full is my “Highway code for India” 1) Roads, especially in and out of cities, are of good quality and clearly marked with lines, and medians separating main flows of traffic. a) The […]