Destination: India

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Mumbai

Fri, 8 Mar 2019 | By dawnandmark | Views [121] | Comments [5]

Where to start with Mumbai! The initial feeling is pretty overwhelming, a total assault on the senses. It's noisy with the traffic and the continuous beeping of horns, you don't know where to look first as everything is so different, and the smells range ... Read more >

Hampi, Karnataka

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 | By dawnandmark | Views [110] | Comments [4]

The epic journey was seemless, even managed a quick beer at Nagpur airport before we left the state of Maharashta for the southern state of Karnataka. We flew into Bangalore and got a taxi straight to the train station for our overnight train to Hampi.... Read more >

Southern India

Fri, 1 Mar 2019 | By dawnandmark | Views [111] | Comments [3]

Making the final preparations for our month trip to Southern India. Excited and a little nervous. We fly on Monday and arrive in Mumbai in the early hours of Tuesday 5th March. I'll keep you posted, let the next big adventure begin.... Read more >

Nagarhole & Coorg

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 | By dawnandmark | Views [95] | Comments [3]

First morning off on safari again. This was our third National park in India and our last safari of the holiday. This was the best safari, we saw loads. Including a pack of wild dogs with 9 puppies, elephants, a herd of large gaur (like bison), a giant ... Read more >

Tadoba, Maharashta

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 | By dawnandmark | Views [108] | Comments [2]

The main purpose for travelling to this quite remote area is to see tigers. We did have a fairly quick way to get here that involved two flights and a 2.5 hours car drive. Unfortunately the airline cancelled the flights the week before and it wasn't ... Read more >

Gokarna

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 | By dawnandmark | Views [105] | Comments [1]

Our last stop in India. Gokarna is about 80 miles south of Goa and chosen because it is relatively undeveloped. Gorkana town is a holy town and a site of pilgrimage for Hindus. There are lots of active temples in the town and the town beach is a site ... Read more >

Mysore & Bandipur

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 | By dawnandmark | Views [91] | Comments [1]

Great overnight train to Mysore and we both had a good sleep, must be getting used to sleeping on a train! Mysure was just a quick stopover really, although we did have a very nice hotel. Not that much to see in Mysore but it is an attractive city with ... Read more >

Bihar, India review piece

Sun, 21 Apr 2019 | By edrh23 | Views [101]

I visited Patna, in the North East of India in February 2017, where I met with a close friend of mine,Tina, who I networked with whilst living and teaching in Copenhagen during 2015 and 2016. The plan was to speak at a conference about my experiences ... Read more >

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Bye, bye, India.....until the next time.

Mon, 1 Apr 2019 | By dawnandmark | Views [90]

Absolutely fantastic time in India. The people are the loveliest and most kind we have ever met on our travels. I came to India with some trepidation because of the way it is portrayed in the UK. None of my concerns were experienced and everything has ... Read more >

India - West Bengal - Darjeeling and Kolkata

Thu, 6 Dec 2018 | By pauluiza | Views [48]

India, West Bengal - Darjeeling & Kolkata - from freezing to chaos, and planning an early escape from India After 4 days in Rishikesh, we take a taxi to the train station, a 7 hour train back to Delhi and then, after a nice metro ride ... Read more >

India - Amritsar and Rishikesh

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 | By pauluiza | Views [36]

India - Amritsar and Rishikesh - Hindus, Catholics, Sikhs & Buddhists, a quick tour of two sacred cities After another rickshaw we catch a 30 hour train to Amritsar, in the state of Punjab. We tried to visit the Golden Temple on a previous trip ... Read more >