After an early start in Udaipur we landed in Mumbai at 8.10am ready for an action packed 4 days of wedding Celebrations for Ollie and Neem. Most of the action would be located around Juhu Beach an upmarket area of the city with a sprawling beach that looked right out onto the Arabian Sea. Back […]
While Udaipurs culture is strongly linked to the Lake Picholo, it’s location as the ancient capital of the Mewar Kingdom and the palaces that come with that, the most evident cultural phenomenon as one walks the streets is the James Bond movie Octopussy. A large part of the movie was shot on location in the […]
Monday January 13th / January 14th 2014 We arrived in Udaipur at around 4pm after our long drive from Jodhpur and checked into our room in the Aashiya Haveli (right in the heart of Lal Ghat area of the city. A bohemian ghetto of handicraft shops, budget hotels and rooftop restaurants right on the lake […]
Ranakpur: January 2014 It was sad to say goodbye to Chhotaram and his family but we had to move on further south as we had to reach Mumbai in a few days. Finishing breakfast and saying goodbye we then jumped in our Indigo car and headed for Udaipur. As we had gone west from Jaipur […]
Known as ‘The Blue City’ Jodhpur is so called due to the preponderance of buildings painted in indigo. Some say this was to keep things cool in the desert city, others that the copper sulphate applied to the homes to repel instincts has turned blue over time (similar to the green effect of copper) , […]
Three things needed for good driving in India; 1. Good Horn2. Good Brakes3. Good Luck– Raj (Taxi Driver) Driving and experiencing driving in India is a two sided coin. There is Beauty in the hustle and bustle and dance of various vehicles jostling for advancement but Beast in the countless accidents that account for the […]
Friday 10th January 2014 “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” Doc Brown Train 14865 pulled into Jodhpur Junction at 11.55pm – 6 hrs and 5 mins late. As we stumbled off onto the the platform, armed with our bags we heard the words we were waiting for – a question – ‘Karen Hamilton? […]
Friday 10th January 2014: The Railway Children: Jaipur to Jodhpur We experienced the true Indian railway service today. We were booked on the 12.20 Jaipur-Jodhpur Intercity Express Train. This journey is known also as the High Court Express as it links the two sitting cities of the Rajasthan High Court. Prepared, we arrived at the station […]
As alluded to in our previous post Pink City – Jaipur is known as the ‘pink city’. Most of the major cities in Rajasthan are associated with one hue or another and there is always a ‘colourful’ story to go with it. The city was painted pink to celebrate the visit of King Edward VII […]
Wednesday 8th January Delhi to Jaipur Our 1st experience of Indian trains was upon us..we were on the 11.40am train from Delhi to Jaipur on coach a1.The fun started as we arrived at the station and couldn’t find our train name or number on the boards. After asking several people we were told it was […]
Day 2 in India began with the pilgrimage to the Taj Mahal in Agra (some 200 miles to the south of Delhi). Our drivers name was Raj who not only does he own a farm but he must be a Hollywood stunt driver in his spare time as he tore down to Agra through a […]
Jan 6th 2014. @ 10.15 Local Time. Flight 0121 lands at Indira Gandhi International Airport just outside Delhi,India. Onboard are two highly trained operatives on a mission…Objective 1: Survive Delhi! First stop was New Delhi Train Station in the heart of the city. We took the Airport Metro Express (150 Rupees each) and it took […]
After a bittersweet farewell to Greenwich and a Sunday Roast with friends, we departed for Heathrow Airport Terminal 4. Massive queues awaited, but a timely sign led the way. Boarding a Jet Airways flight to Delhi marked the start of our adventure, with a chance encounter with Suggs from Madness adding to the excitement ahead.
So the final farewell is upon us. All the boxes are packed, the bills paid and cancelled and the final big clean was reminiscent of the “Hard Knock Life” number from Annie. Karen sold or sent to charity most of her dresses, shoes and matching handbags, many children have been saved! The last task was […]
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