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Pushkar Camel Fair – Pushkar, India
We set off from Udaipur to Pushkar with very bad karma. A black cat ran across the road in front of us just before we ran into a cow. (Cows are sacred here to the extent that they are allowed to roam...
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Celebrity shopping trips – Jodphur and Jaisalmer, India
After three pretty uneventful days driving out of Pushkar we arrived in Jodphur to look round the hilltop fort, which overlooks the blue city (all the houses are painted blue at the whim of the...
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Beware of extinct tigers – Bikaner, India
Bikaner Rat Temple Fun couple of long driving days trying to get to Delhi across the bumpy roads. Highlight of the first day was the visit to the rat temple at Bikaner, where dozens of holy rats run...
View ArticleCon men – Delhi, India
Delhi is without doubt the worst city I’ve ever been to. No redeeming features whatsoever. Jan 2009 I suppose now a couple of years have passed I should qualify that a bit more. It wasn’t just Delhi,...
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Taj Mahal – Agra, India
Got up at 5 to reach the Taj Mahal for sunrise, when it apparently turns orange, but thanks to the appalling amount of smog it stayed pretty much grey. Close up it was amazing though and well worth...
View ArticleFake emails – Agra, India
I rather rudely read over one of the other passengers shoulders as they wrote an email home about the very exaggerated hardships they were facing on the trip, the horrible foods they were reduced to...
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Punch and Cricket don’t mix – Orchha, India
Drove to a town called Orcha – a tranquil little place full of ornate temples. A bunch of locals appeared from nowhere out and helped me cook dinner then settled in to watch us getting remarkably...
View ArticleDistinct lack of tigers – Panna Tiger Reserve, India
We drove to Panna Tiger Reserve and whilst the others set up camp in a clearing I wandered about and found reception who gave me the keys to a fully equipped tree-house with fans and en-suite bathroom...
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I see dead people – Varanasi, India
Ghats at Varanasi From Panna we drove to Varanasi, a holy city on the Ganges. We stopped on the way to pick up lunch at a truckers cafe – I thought the simple vegetarian food was great but everyone...
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Back to nature – Sauraha, Nepal
Chitiwan Rhino – note the bird on it’s back After a couple of days driving including a very lackadaisical border crossing we arrived at Royal Chitwan National Park. We stayed at the Rhino Lodge, but...
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