Travel blog

After almost 20 hours of travelling the plane began to descend towards Colombo airport, a plethora of green could be seen below covering almost every square inch of land, broken only to make way for houses each surrounded by their own jungle of green. Out of the tiredness bubbles of … Read More

It is almost the end of the trip and its the first time I’ve put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). This has been a trip with a difference. For the first time I am not alone (or in a big group), instead this wonderful experience has been shared … Read More

Yesterday morning we boarded simple dug out canoes from our base at Surahah to head into Chitwan National Park for some wildlife spotting. Chitwan was Nepal’s first national park being declared so in 1973 after having been set aside as a rhino sanctuary in 1962. The area had once been dense … Read More

Day six was yet another early start and the final day of the tour with this group. This could only mean one thing – today we visited the Taj Mahal. But first the Royal Palace at Fatehpur Sikri. Built in 1569 but abandoned after 15 years apparently due to scarcity … Read More

Day five seems like an age ago now, but I shall attempt to recount it anyhow. We drove to Karauli – a place that isn’t mentioned in the guide book so until I get home there isn’t much I can tell you about it. Our accommodation was the stunning Bhanwar … Read More

We have arrived in Nepal, the temperature has dropped. It was actually cold enough to sleep without a fan and with a sheet last night – pure bliss, and the landscape is green and luscious. I didn’t see anywhere in Indian where I would have described the landscape as beautiful … Read More

Day three and it was an early start with a 6am train from Delhi to Jaipur – the pink city – in Rajasthan, which is said to be one of the world’s 25 fastest growing cities. If possible the traffic here is worse than Delhi, perhaps because there is less … Read More

Today has been at a much more sedate pace. We didn’t meet untill 10am which was pure heaven, no rushed breakfast and plenty of time to bimble about and prepare for the day. Today we discovered more of Orchha (meaning hidden place) the small town where we are staying, which … Read More

The beginning of this trip was fabulous, but we packed so much into seven days there is little chance I can now write about all of it. Instead I’ll attempt over the coming days a list of the things we did and the places we visited that one day I … Read More

It’s been a whirlwind – which in many ways quite aptly describes both the pace of the travel and my experience of India so far. Life here happens in such a rush, well at least on the road and on the streets, in restaurants it all seems to happen at … Read More

It’s been an unusual day…. For a start I’m here – in India. I’ve been dreaming of this for years and now I’m here I feel I should be stupidly excited, but instead I’m fighting with my brain. I always have a wobble when I arrive on the other side … Read More

Unsurprisingly a rather subdued day. Andy, Paul and I took a medicinal walk across Brussels to the motor museum (Autoworld), which I quite enjoyed – although the boys lamented the lack of 80s, 90s 00s super cars. Instead there was loads of really early cars, for me much more interesting. … Read More