Travelled by train to Lucknow and are now staying at Lucknow Homestay in a quiet leafy part of Lucknow. Big rooms and very friendly staff …Read More

Had an amazing day today in Varanasi. How we got here is another story. Ask me about it some time!! Anyway, this morning we went …Read More

We had a great Xmas Day. Had decorated the room and Father Christmas came! Had breakfast out in the gazebo and later Mia spent time …Read More

We had some time in Cochi before catching a flight to Delhi, so we went to the local markets where it was a frenzy of …Read More

We had three nights here at Varkala Beach and it was as though we were somewhere else on the planet. The cliff top was lined …Read More

After Munnar we spent two days by the lake at Kumarakon. Didn’t do much except go for walks around the local village and read and …Read More

We have had two nights in Munnar, up in the mountains of Kerala, where it was cool, and misty in the mornings and evenings. We …Read More

Mia had a wonderful surprise when we pulled up in to an Elephant Park for an elephant ride! The three of us sat atop Akbar …Read More

We have just finished two days and nights on a houseboat cruising the backwaters of Kerala.Paul Steele, you know exactly what I am talking about! …Read More

It’s like being in a place which is a cross between the Bahamas, Portugal and Indonesia here. We love the way the men wear their …Read More

Today, so far away here in India, we had very sad news that our beautiful friend and mate, JOHN BOSWELL VINE died at Pt. Broughton. …Read More

Well, Ian was hit by the dreaded Delhi (Goan) Belly yesterday so was confined to quarters. Meanwhile Mia and I did some cruisin’. Caught the …Read More

We could have died a thousand deaths..but we didn’t. We have just survived a hair-raising, white knuckle, thirteen hour ride in a 4-wheel drive through …Read More

Black taxis…crows…coffee shops…markets…hazy sky…crows…temples…signs…trolleys…trains…horses…black taxis…hagglers…mansions…slums…rich…destitute…Chowpatty Beach…gardens…horns…sarees…beautiful girls…earrings…pashminas…beggars…circus kids…crowds…black taxis…chicken byriani…uttapum…chai…green banana shops Had a full on day yesterday with a morning taxi tour of all …Read More

So here we are in Bombay or Mumbai, as it is now known, along with 150 million others! It took 2 hours by taxi from …Read More