Sunday, 12 April 2026 On Friday it was reported that diesel fuel has reached its highest price since the commencement of hostilities in the Middle East. This morning we woke to a news...

Thursday, 19 February 2026 When we woke up this morning we realised that we probably could have flown at 01:30 this morning. Sure enough, I checked Cathay Pacific’s website and we...

Wednesday, 18 February 2026 Not our best day on tour today! It started very rudely when we were woken at 4.00am by the shrill ring of the phone in our room. Presumably a wake up call...

Tuesday, 17 February 2026 Our earliest start so far on this trip. We were up at 5.00am to meet Dinesh in the foyer at 5.45am to be driven to the Ganges River for our early morning boat...

Monday, 16 February 2026 We were up early to be ready for a 7.00am pick up, for our transfer to the airport to fly to Varanasi. Both feeling a bit average we decided to skip breakfast,...

Sunday, 15 February 2026 This morning we headed down to breakfast to the room that we thought we had been told breakfast would be in. With nobody on the desk to check our names off...