The Blue City ๐ฎ๐ณ
A train journey south from Jaisalmer of about six hours brings us to Jodhpur known as the Blue City. Approaching the station, through the flat plains of the surrounding land, you can
Tourists don't know where they've been, travellers don't know where they're going.
Paul Theroux
A train journey south from Jaisalmer of about six hours brings us to Jodhpur known as the Blue City. Approaching the station, through the flat plains of the surrounding land, you can
The cow holds a special place within Hindu society. For Hindus, beef is strictly off the menu and devout Hindus donโt use any products made from cow hide or cow leather. But
Delhi. Capital of India. Iโd not been to Delhi. My expectations were of a hot stuffy atmosphere, polluted and dusty air, noise, people, traffic. I expected narrow streets with stalls selling colourful
At home I run quite a bit and most of my running is on pavements. Other people use them too. Other people use them too. Pedestrians, who walk along them, sometimes they
We checked in, and obviously the porters picked up our bags. But not to carry them to the room. They took them to a stretch golf cart, and asked us to take
Try to imagine, say, the Imperial Forum in Rome, but several hundred times as big. Then imagine intricately carved temples, colossal temple gateways, ancient Hindu deities, royal palaces and vast bazaars. Now
Preparations for our Indian leg of our trip started a few weeks before we were planning to touch down. Filling in the Indian eVisa application online proved to be a slightly frustrating
So, we had changed our plans. We’d decided to join an overland trip around Rajasthan on 10th October, after the monsoons had subsided. Hopefully.ย Already being in the middle of the Indian
Friday 14th September. We decided to go to the beach. Why not? We were in Mauritius, it was warm and sunny and it would be our last day in Pointe aux Canonniere
Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints!
Chief Si'ahl
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