The Maldives on a (smallish) budget

The Maldives is somewhere we never thought we’d be able to afford to visit. It was by chance that we found a blog about coming here on a budget that made us decide we could do it. The Maldives is a tropical island nation sitting in the Indian Ocean. There are 1000s of island split […]

Our top tips for visiting India!

We’ve just finished a 2 month stint travelling around India. Here are a few things we’ve learnt along the way which we hope will help others… 1. No matter how long or short you’re stay is… get an Indian SIM card. This will make so many things easier. You can save numbers for good tuk […]

Kerala – awkward situations

In India nothing is straight forward… We had an interesting experience at the airport leaving Bangalore. We’ve learnt time and time again in this country that nothing is straight forward and you should never expect things to go as planned. After minimal sleep (due to a late night seeing Bangalore play in the IPL the […]

Bangalore – IPL Cricket!!

Bangalore – watching cricket and sightseeing

Hampi: the ups and downs of travelling.

Honestly we’ve been on a bit of a downer this week. We’re not sure why…but it’s meant we’ve spent more time chilling rather than exploring the delights of Hampi. It’s that really annoying feeling we’ve had: where we can see that this place is really cool and has loads to see but it’s just not […]

Goa – Sun and Sea

I think this is pretty naive of me but I never realised that Goa is a state of India…it’s pretty big too, compared to British standards anyway. There are mutiple beaches and accommadation to choose from along the stretch of coast and then inland there are the western ghats (hills and forests) to explore (although […]

Mumbai – the city of extremes

The thing that most stood out to us about Mumbai is how extreme the contrasts are. The obvious example is the extreme wealth vs the extreme poverty. This also extends to the slick skyscrapers vs the tarpaulin sheets for housing. The expensive Gucci and high end shops vs the on the street fruit sellers. The […]

Udaipur: the city of Lakes (and Sunsets)

I think we can safely say that Udaipur is our favourite city in India so far. We have thoroughly enjoyed our 5 days in this city of Lakes, surrounded by hills. The lakes are man-made but impressively, with medieval equipment, they began to be ‘built’ in the 14th century by the rulers, diverting water from […]

Bundi via Kota

Bundi a city of (only) 105,000 has been billed as the quiet city of Rajasthan, a place for some peace. It’s also a bit more difficult to get to and from some of the bigger cities so we arrived via a one night stay in Kota just 45km away. Kota (we found out on the […]

Jodhpur: the Blue City

We had 2 nights in Jodhpur and the curse of Indian belly struck again for Rach so she wasn’t able to see much of it at all. I had a chance, though, to check out a few of the key sites. Perhaps one day we’ll be able return and spend a bit more time in […]