India

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 could have been in Hong Kong already rather than staring down the barrel of a loooooong, boring day in a hotel room in Delhi. […]

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 intended for another room? We certainly didn’t ask for it!!!!! It only rang the once, but the damage was

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 cruise. The banks of the Ganges are considered to be sacred in the Hindu religion and are the

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, choosing to pop Zithro tablets and Gastro Stop instead. The breakfast you have in India when you have to

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 a list, we filled glasses with juice and staked a claim on a table and Bernie had headed off to

Saturday, 14 February 2026 Five of the girls were sporting henna tattoos this morning. As we wandered down to breakfast, June and Chris (the initiators of the henna tattooing) told us that five of them ended up having tattoos done. I asked if the artist used stencils or worked freehand. The girls told me she

Friday, 13 February 2026 This morning after breakfast, eight of us set out for the Amber Fort located 11-kilometres from Jaipur. Unfortunately our group was reduced to eight with a couple of group members feeling a little under the weather today. On our way out of Jaipur we passed Man Sagar Lake and the mist

Thursday, 12 February 2026 This morning, after breakfast, it was time to head off on the first leg of our ‘Golden Triangle’ tour with the 250-kilometre road trip to Jaipur. But first, we had to spend more than an hour getting out of Delhi. Once again, we started our journey navigating Delhi’s excruciating morning peak

Wednesday, 11 February 2026 Arrived at the very old, very tired looking Radisson Blu after midnight had passed so, on Wednesday, after travelling all day Tuesday. So glad we paid the extra $$ for the premium accommodation?? It will be interesting to compare notes with the TripADealers who were taken to other hotels last night.

Tuesday, 10 February 2026 It was an early start this morning for our latest adventure, spending our day travelling from Melbourne, Australia to Delhi, India via Hong Kong. We were up at 4.00am. Groan, yes, 4.00am. I don’t like early mornings! After a quick shower we quickly scoffed down some fruit before cleaning our teeth