The Blue City 🇮🇳
Jon
16/10/2018
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
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The Sacred Cow 🇮🇳
Jon
15/10/2018
The cow holds a special place within Hindu society. For Hindus, beef is strictly off the menu and devout Hindus don’t use any products made from cow hide or cow leather. But
Onward to Delhi 🇮🇳
Jon
11/10/2018
Delhi. Capital of India. I’d 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
The Road is King… 🇮🇳
Jon
11/10/2018
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
View From a Fish Tank 🇮🇳
Jon
09/10/2018
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
Boulder City 🇮🇳
Jon
08/10/2018
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
Into India 🇮🇳
Jon
30/09/2018
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
Another Patch of Paradise… 🇸🇨
Jon
21/09/2018
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. Already being in the middle of the Indian
Ganesh Chaturthi Festival 🇲🇺
Jon
16/09/2018
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