Today I thought I’d get up early and buy my boots and then do a little walk around the lake here and up the hill to the World Peace Pagoda, but it didn’t really go to plan! At first I didn’t want to get up as the duvet was so warm and the room quite cold. Then I finally did get up and out ofContinueContinue reading “Nepal: Trekking fail”
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Travelling to Pokhara
Despite planning to go from the border to Lumbini and then travelling to Palpa and THEN to Pokhara, I actually decided to go straight to Pokhara. This decision was largely based on the fact that I only have a 30 day Visa and the trek that I want to do may take up to 21 days, so if I mess around sightseeing beforehand I might not get throughContinueContinue reading “Travelling to Pokhara”
Travelling to Nepal
I had decided to take a ‘Tourist Bus’ to the Sunauli border and walk across into Nepal. The first obstacle of the day (as usual) was getting an auto-rickshaw driver who actually knew of the place that I wanted to go. Once this was sorted, it was mostly plain sailing from then on. I got to the office of ‘Paul Travels’ (no really, that’sContinueContinue reading “Travelling to Nepal”
India Summary
I think it would be safe to say that I really did not expect to have had so much of a good time in India. I thought it would be harder and more effort to move between places and that rooms would be miniscule with dodgy plumbing – if any! I was expecting to want to go home, andContinueContinue reading “India Summary”
India: Varanasi
I got to Varanasi and it was actually not as extreme as I was expecting. Yes, it is really spiritual, and yes, you do have to put up with some fairly annoying people hassling you about giving them money or whether or not you want hash (!), but overall it has been quite a pleasant experience! The train hereContinueContinue reading “India: Varanasi”
India: Khajuraho
WARNING: this post contains pictures of ‘sexy’ sculptures. Parental Supervision required The main reason that Khajuraho is on the tourist radar is due to a large amount of, er, sexy sculptures on the temples in this area. Seriously, they’re filthy! The temples themselves are Medieval and Jain temples and are considered one of the ‘Seven Wonders’ of India.ContinueContinue reading “India: Khajuraho”
Travelling to Khajuraho
Well I haven’t really done much today but I do fear that I’m turning into a ‘gap-yah’ backpacker (for those of you who have no idea what that is: click here). The reason that I am turning into a Gap Yah is because today I bought a Pashmina 🙂 I had nothing to do today but wait around for my train, which wasn’t until 11.20pm, so I took an auto-rickshawContinueContinue reading “Travelling to Khajuraho”
India: Mathura and Vrindivan
Meeting up at the train station with Lu and Dave I was lucky enough to get tickets on the trains I wanted tomorrow. Yay! The day started with annoyance when the auto-rickshaw driver took me to the wrong bus station and then I couldn’t work out which bus to get on because all of the signs are in Hindi! I managed though, and eventually I gotContinueContinue reading “India: Mathura and Vrindivan”
India: Fatehpur Sikri
Today I met up with my new Czech friends for breakfast in Café Coffee Day. It was a little bit of a stress as the place had no milk and no food, so I got my drinks only and then went to Joneys Place for a proper breakfast. Not the end of the world, but it took longer than I had anticipated, so was reallyContinueContinue reading “India: Fatehpur Sikri”
India: The rest of Agra
Agra Fort The Agra Fort was begun by Emperor Akbar in 1565 and grew with each successive leader. Shah Jahan (of Taj Mahal) fame included a large amount of construction in marble. Used originally as a military building, the fort has seen a transformation into a palace and then a prison. Aurangzeb (Shah Jahan’s son)ContinueContinue reading “India: The rest of Agra”
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