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5 January 2019
It was always likely that one or both of us would get sick during our tour and the first bout goes to me! In the week leading up to Christmas I really didn’t want to be more than a few steps from a toilet and after 5 days I was feeling pretty jaded as it […]
29 December 2018
Bankli to Bera – 54km. 24 December. We were up fairly early the next morning, had yet another fantastic breakfast from KP and his staff followed by a photo session with the other guests before heading off. The road continued to be interrupted by roadworks so our progress was rather slow, however we made it […]
22 December 2018
Jodhpur is quite a bit smaller than Jaipur and although its centre is hectic in an Indian way, it’s not on the same scale. We have both taken a shine to it even if we did both get pooped on by pigeons within the first hour! Jodhpur is named after Rao Jodha, a Rajput chief, […]
18 December 2018
Jaipur to Kishangarh – 95km We had one final lovely breakfast with Manuma and Jassika before setting out on the first leg of our journey to Jodhpur. Our aim for the day was to get close to the town of Kishangarh, which would hopefully put us in a good position for the next few days. […]
8 December 2018
Though we haven’t been to India before we thought that we had a fair idea of what it might be like from seeing it on television as there have been a lot of programmes about it recently in the UK. While this is a starting point, it doesn’t in any way prepare you for the […]
7 December 2018
When we leave Delhi on Saturday we will have been here for a week and rather than detailing exactly what we did we have put together a quick précis which really just a picture gallery! There is just so much going on here (population-wise it’s at least the size of Istanbul). We booked a driver, […]