Destination: India

Heading South

Fri, 8 Dec 2006 | By sambarton | Views [511]

Since I spoke to you last we have been to Jodhpur (twice),  Jaisalmer and are now in a wee town next to the sea and quite far south called Daman . Jodhpur was a pretty big place and is dominated by the fort which towers above all the blue ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

rain in the desert!

Mon, 4 Dec 2006 | By jessikat | Views [765]

The desert is the last place that I would expect to see the windy and rainy weather more familiar with home but that has been the case the last couple of days in Jaisalmer. This weather definitely removed some of the charm as the relaxed wandering the ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Kashmir...

Sun, 3 Dec 2006 | By clarinette | Views [1759]

After spedning a couple of fairly stressful days trying to work New Delhi out, we decided to go to plan B which basically involved getting the hell out of there ASAP in any way possible...   We talked to a dodgy travel agent (Who was perhaps a little ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Gulmarg

Sat, 2 Dec 2006 | By clarinette | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Gagangir, Kashmir

Sat, 2 Dec 2006 | By clarinette | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Srinagar, Kashmir

Fri, 1 Dec 2006 | By clarinette | Photo Gallery

Gallery: A kashmiri Wedding

Fri, 1 Dec 2006 | By clarinette | Photo Gallery

Arrival in Delhi and Kashmir Adventure

Fri, 1 Dec 2006 | By gwen1 | Views [1302] | Comments [4]

Well we got to Delhi in the middle of the night and by the time we got to the hotel in was 3am! mind you the drive to the hotel was quite something as we got our first experience of Indian driving.. its goes something like this... honking the horn, running ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Various India

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 | By sambarton | Photo Gallery

Into the Desert

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 | By sambarton | Views [487]

A single train journey in this country can take you from one extreme to another. We have left the mountains and via Delhi have spent the last few days in the capital of Rajasthan- Jaipur. It is a busy city and the rickshaw journeys here are as whiteknuckle ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

jaipur ..

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 | By jessikat | Views [686]

Just sitting in Jaipur station waiting for our train to take us to Jodhpur, it is the first train we have taken that has been late and this one is so far predicted to arrive here 3 hours late! I just hope that it will not be much later than that. We ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: India

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 | By sunnybianca | Photo Gallery

the beginning ..

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 | By jessikat | Views [638] | Comments [1]

Well we are finally here or at least we have been for a few days. So far we have experienced all the craziness of delhi which is hard to describe and we are presently in the foothills of the himalayas in the hill station of Shimla. We arrived in delhi ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: India

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 | By jessikat | Photo Gallery

INDIA- Part 1

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 | By sambarton | Views [449] | Comments [1]

Arriving in India was always going to be a full on experience that I doubt I will ever forget. Not only is is the first point of call on the world tour, my first backpacking adventure, but also it is a place of opposites compared to bonnie scotland. ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains