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Beach time in Goa and a day in Mumbai

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Since I wrote the last update we’ve been very busy doing nothing but relaxing on the beach, its amazing how fast time flies by when your having fun!  After the hassles and stresses of our first three weeks its been great to put the backpacks down and do little but sunbathe and read a book.  [...]

Udaipur and on to Goa

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

We spent our last couple of days in Rajasthan in the city of Udaipur and we have found it to be one of our most favourite places so far.  Although it has a high population of over 800k people its relatively small by Indian standards, and we found it to be more organised and cleaner [...]

Jaisalmer, Camel Safari, and Ranakpur

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

I’ve been trying to write an update for a few days but power-cuts and loss of Internet connectivity are common in India and one or the other has always stopped me!  Our train from Jodhpur was on only 20 mins late (not bad for India) and we slept soundly through the night, in fact a bit [...]

A Relaxing Time in Pushkar & Jodhpur

Friday, August 15th, 2008

On Tuesday we arrived in the little town of Pushkar, about 200km West of Jaipur.  The bus only took 3 hours and was completely full of Westerners, which was a little strange and felt a bit touristy after our previous bus rides.  Its easy to see why Pushkar draws in the tourists though, its a [...]

Delhi, Agra (inc. Taj Mahal), and Jaipur

Monday, August 11th, 2008

I’ve been trying to write an update for several days but we’ve been very busy!  We’ve visited three cities since we were in Rishikesh and seen some more amazing sights!
We took the overnight bus from Rishikesh back to Delhi, which wasn’t the most fun bus trip I have ever taken.  The bus was an hour [...]

Delhi & Rishikesh

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

oday is only our 4th day in India but it feels like we have been here for ages! Its such a crazy country but we are loving every minute of it, everything is sooo different to back home! My bag arrived and was delivered to our hotel at 7:30am on Monday morning, I [...]

Delhi & Backpacking without a Backpack again!

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

We arrived safe and sound in India, I was quite surprised how quick the journey took – 2 hours to Helsinki (an hour or so stop) and then only 6 hours to Delhi, arriving at about 11pm.  The plane was quite cool so the heat hit us as soon as we stepped off the 30 [...]

India here we come!

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Tomorrow we fly to India, very excited and apprehensive about the month ahead!  Nice to have the backpack out again and have packed as light as possible!  Check back soon to find out how we are getting on!