Less than 24 hours to go before we leave India. We cannot believe the three months has gone by so quickly, and so enjoyably, and so trouble-free. It'…

Back to Delhi and only a couple of days left in India. Where's the time gone?Our week of sun, sea and sand in Goa is going to be a great preparation …

Palolem is a two hour car ride south from Panjim. It's developed, but in a very low key way. The beautiful golden sandy bay, shelving gently to the A…

It had to happen sometime and we're quite amazed it hadn't earlier - the tummy bug. Hil succumbed in Agra, but a day's rest and some Royal Free suppl…

We took the train, air-con coach class, from Jaipur to Agra. It was only 40 minutes late on a 4 hour journey. Agra Fort station provided the usu…

Jaipur, the "Pink City", is big, 2.5 million people, and capital of Rajasthan. It was founded by Mararajah Jai Singh only in the 18th century, and na…

Pushkar's a holy city and we were well blessed by our Brahmin priest. We also went over to nearby Ajmer which houses India's major Moslem shrine, the…

The Jaipur Ghat in Pushkar is the only one with an open view from the road to the lake. It faces west, and so attracts a big crowd at sunset. It's qu…

Pushkar is a sacred Hindu town. It's not big, it's surrounded by low hills, and the centrepiece is the small lake, created according to Hindu traditi…

Our arrival in Bundi co-incided with a Jain procession. The crowd surrounded two naked monks, "sky clad" is apparently the translation. Hordes of wom…

We greatly enjoyed our 6 days in Udaipur. It is a well kept city, beautifully situated and with an attractive old town. The traditional ruler of the …

We left hot dusty Jodhpur at 9.00 am on Sunday by air con car, heading for Udaipur. Our journey took us along our first Indian toll road, the Pali by…

20/9 We travelled in some style in an air con car with tinted windows from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur. We stopped at the fort at Pokaran, and went round th…

17 Sept. Jaisalmer, old and new, is built of golden sandstone. We walked up through the main zigzag gateway into the old fort, with its 99 bastions. …

The Delhi - Jaisalmer express train, no 4059, is scheduled to leave at 17.45 each day, and arrive in Jaisalmer, 925km away, at 13.00 the next. We're …

The morning of our last full day in Amritsar was spent wandering through the lanes of the old city bazaar. There are some fine buildings, most decaye…

Dallying in dial-up Dalhousie 8th September. It is rather like Sidmouth, in the hills - only more sedate. No young travellers, rather retired brigad…

29 Aug - A beautiful sunny day in Manali to do some business. The ATM was again very efficient, the internet rather faster than Leh, and some shoppin…

1 Sept. A heavy storm overnight brought a clear morning, with the views from the bedroom visible again. We breakfasted on the terrace of Nick's Itali…

Our 1000km flight from Delhi to Leh gave us no real idea of Ladakh's isolation. We set back south by road - 475 kms to the foothill resort of Manali,…

Lamas and Lakes Arrived Leh 15th on another super efficient Jet Airways flight including full breakfast (BA eat yur heart out). We'd booked the tou…

Hot and humid in Delhi - but when you have your hosts' driver to take you some places - well, certainly makes it easier. We've used the Delhi metro a…

We are being very hospitably entertained by Hil's Canadian relatives in the Embassy compound.  Today we went to Raj era Delhi, and then on into …

36 hours to go and counting down...we're not scared!  All's under control. Definitely. Flights reconfirmed. Delhi arrangements agreed - stayin…