January 14, 2014, 6:56 pm
Yesterday Holly posted her final blog from India and tonight it’s my go. As I type we’re sitting in Indira Ghandi International Airport waiting for our 02:05 flight to Zurich and thence to London. IGI could be almost anywhere in the world. From…Read more »
January 13, 2014, 1:08 pm
Well that's nearly it folks - our food odyssey of India is almost at an end. For 4 weeks we've travelled around by train, tuktuk, bicycle rickshaw, motor scooter, taxi and bus and tomorrow we're flying back to Delhi before heading home to the storms, snow and cold. [caption id="attachment_2118"…Read more »
January 11, 2014, 4:31 pm
We only had a couple of days in Kochi which was a shame because it was really starting to grow on me. At first I hated that it was full of western tourists. Up until then we'd pretty much avoided any huge density of people like us; which is how…Read more »
January 9, 2014, 2:52 pm
A fond look at the rules for day-to-day living in India - now we're 4 week experts.... Tuktuk and taxi drivers: Always drive at full speed whatever the circumstances particularly in potholed roads or over sleeping policeman. Never look behind you when moving into traffic or ever use your mirrors…Read more »
January 6, 2014, 3:21 pm
We're still loving Mumbai - it's busy, by the sea and full of interesting spots; a city of total contrasts. Some of the richest people in India live here and some of the poorest - if not side by side then the lovely, affluent suburb of Bandra West and the…Read more »
January 5, 2014, 5:57 pm
Mumbai is not what I expected. Not at all. After the cities we've visited so far I was ready for more of the same; uncleaned streets, hundreds of dogs, not much evidence of industriousness, and a mix of cows, tuk-tuks, motorbikes and carts clogging up the streets. That description does…Read more »
January 3, 2014, 10:28 am
We've now been in Kota for four days and have been getting a fascinating insight into day-to-day life in Rajasthan. Kota is an industrial centre, handy for links to Delhi and Mumbai but well off the tourist trail unless you are a bird watcher , a connoisseur of miniature paintings…Read more »
