Trip: Japan to UK
There are [98] stories from my trip: Japan to UK
INDIA | Friday, 1 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Modelcity
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INDIA | Friday, 1 Oct 2010 | Views [719]
Good evening citizen. The Computer welcomes you to sector 22-B of Chandigarh. Report immediately to your hotel and present your papers. If they are not in order you must report for termination... Chandigarh feels rather like a sci-fi vision of ... Read more >
Tags: chandigarh, cricket, india, roads, tickets
INDIA | Thursday, 30 Sep 2010 | Views [1302]
Fun and games with visa red tape meant that we arrived in Amritsar a day later than we'd hoped, leaving us a fairly short time to cram in the sights. We stayed out in one of many cantonments in India - another visible sign of the the army presence ... Read more >
Tags: amritsar, border, sikhs, sword, turbans
INDIA | Wednesday, 29 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
Sikh holy city
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INDIA | Tuesday, 28 Sep 2010 | Views [442]
The return to Delhi was a bit more hopeful, we had shiny new visas to collect, reservations in a nice hotel in a different part of town and lots of goodwill. Abruptly we realised that our hotel was a dump in the middle of nowhere and so we shot straight ... Read more >
Tags: delhi, india, russian visas
INDIA | Sunday, 26 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
The smurf city
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INDIA | Friday, 24 Sep 2010 | Views [566]
Welcome to the audio tour of Jodphur! Don't stop for chai or cheeky samosas, and ignore the taxis and rickshaw drivers offering lifts, for the Shahi Haveli have sent someone to pick you up. Sit back and hold on tight as you enjoy your first glimpses ... Read more >
INDIA | Wednesday, 22 Sep 2010 | Views [1064]
Finally no coconut trees, no rice paddies, but a new landscape entirely. Waking up on the Jaisalmer mail and seeing desert was pretty special. Jaisalmer is the last stop of any note before Pakistan, soldiers outnumbering people 3 to 1 in the town.... Read more >
INDIA | Wednesday, 22 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
Jaisalmer
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INDIA | Monday, 20 Sep 2010 | Views [806]
Camels! We're on the way to the Thar desert and although the landscape hasn't yet changed there is a different feel in the air here in Rajasthan. Jaipur, our first stop, is known as the pink city, number one in a collection of three coloured cities.... Read more >
Tags: desert, fort, rajasthan
INDIA | Monday, 20 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
The 2nd corner for us of the Golden Triangle
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INDIA | Thursday, 16 Sep 2010 | Views [688]
Let's begin with a fairy tale. Once upon a time, there was a city called Delhi. It was a huge and wondrous city, home to millions upon millions of people. One day, Delhi was chosen to host athletes from many countries in a huge celebration of sport, ... Read more >
Tags: commonwealth games, delhi, india
INDIA | Thursday, 16 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Tuesday, 14 Sep 2010 | Views [515]
After a pretty grotty change from a night bus to a delayed day train, we came at midnight to the lovely city of Ahmedabad, capital of Gujarat. Why go to Gujarat? Two reasons really, it's on the way and a nice break between Mumbai and Rajasthan and ... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 12 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
Ahmedabad and Udaipur
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INDIA | Friday, 10 Sep 2010 | Views [608]
Northern Maharashta is renowned for it's ancient temples, excavated from natural hillside caves. We saw both of the principal sites, to wit: Ellora cluster and Ajanta cluster. Ajanta was first, all Buddhist and chiefly Mayahana. A horseshoe shaped ... Read more >
Tags: bats, buddhist, caves, fort, hindu, litter, monkeys, tandoori, touts
INDIA | Friday, 10 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
Not quite like Chile...
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INDIA | Wednesday, 8 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
India's financial capital
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INDIA | Wednesday, 8 Sep 2010 | Views [663]
We came prepared for a city that is bursting at the seams, and found relative calm. The streets were wide, the traffic un-jammed and there were even fewer people than we'd seen in many cities - in short, it was a pleasure to be there. Of course, Mumbai ... Read more >
Tags: colonial, cricket, ghats, mumbai, slums, temples
INDIA | Saturday, 4 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
Last of South India
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