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Sunday, 3 Nov 2013 | Views [473] | Comments [3]
Before we left, life at home, in Edinburgh, was great, it was getting better each year even, we finished our University degrees, we both had good jobs, salary was steadily rising, professional qualifications and opportunities opened up, we got a nicer ... Read more >
Friday, 1 Nov 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Friday, 1 Nov 2013 | Views [1142]
Varanasi (Benares in Hindi)... 'Brace yourself, you're about to enter one of the most blindingly colourful, unrelentingly chaotic and unapologetically indiscreet places on earth. Varanasi takes no prisoners. It's one of the oldest continually inhabited ... Read more >
Friday, 4 Oct 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Thursday, 3 Oct 2013 | Views [1430]
Five kilometres up the road from Laxman Jhula, where the mountains start to expand, become more jungle-ified, and where there are fewer houses and less people we found Phool Chatti Ashram, neatly positioned right on the banks of the Ganga.
We'd signed ... Read more >
Sunday, 29 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Sunday, 29 Sep 2013 | Views [629]
(We got off to a false start this morning for the Annapurna trek because the contents of my backpack got drenched - twice! Dam you fake Nepalese camelbak, why did you have to explode! Currently drying out my gear but the good news is we can update the ... Read more >
Friday, 20 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Thursday, 19 Sep 2013 | Views [318] | Comments [2]
The other night I was lying awake thinking about the last few days, when I heard an extended, five minute, deep groan from a cow giving birth somewhere near. I thought to myself, another Holy Creature born, a shitting, smelly, fly attracting lump that ... Read more >
Wednesday, 18 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Wednesday, 18 Sep 2013 | Views [407] | Comments [1]
Arriving into Shimla was like arriving to Weston Super-Mare only we were in the mountains and not by the sea. A bizarre town which the British established in the early 20th century as a means of escaping the sticky indian heat during the summer. The ... Read more >
Wednesday, 18 Sep 2013 | Views [319]
Leaving Manali behind we headed for Naggar. We braved the local buses and travelled a short distance down the valley on a rickety old metal wreck with people staring at us. It got us there in one piece and we checked in for the night at the 15th century ... Read more >
Tuesday, 10 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Monday, 9 Sep 2013 | Views [865] | Comments [5]
We absolutely loved our time staying in Old Manali! Such a stunning place nestled between mountains and surrounded by forest. I realised I'd missed trees! The chilled-out vibe, great little cafes with terraces practically hanging out over the river and ... Read more >
Sunday, 1 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Sunday, 1 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Sunday, 1 Sep 2013 | Views [572] | Comments [3]
That's Lonely Planet's description of our trip across the Himalayas bound for Manali - it is no understatement!!
Ruth was suspicious and I excited about the journey ahead. Ruth was right to worry, it was like going on a roller coaster for ... Read more >
Sunday, 1 Sep 2013 | Views [337] | Comments [1]
This amazing little place tucked away in the far northeast corner of India is brilliant. Yes, I was struck twice by dodgy food and combined one with AMS having me suck oxygen in hospital for 6 hours. But this didn't make the place any less magical. We ... Read more >
Wednesday, 28 Aug 2013 | Views [378] | Comments [1]
We arrived in beautiful Leh, in Kashmir, in the Indian Himalayas which sits at an altitude of 3600m - one of the highest inhabited towns in the world.
We spent the first few days resting to acclimatize which we'd anticipated but then both feeling ... Read more >
Saturday, 24 Aug 2013 | Photo Gallery
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