Getting to Pushkar It was a 7 hour/300km train trip from Udaipur to a city called Ajmer. This is the closest we could get to Pushkar by train. It was then a 45 minute/30km drive to get to our final destination of Pushkar. Pilgrimage Town Pushkar is a prominent Hindu pilgrimage town. This was evident […]
Getting to Udaipur We travelled from Jodhpur to Udaipur via bus. As you can see on the map below, it would have taken us 4h 26m by car, but we were in for an 8-hour bus trip. Our tour guide had a very warped sense of humour. He’d been telling us for days that we […]
It was time to leave Jaisalmer for a 6-hour train ride (3rd class, a/c), which took us across the desert towards Jodhpur, known as The Blue City. City Wandering Surprisingly, the train arrived on time, albeit a tad early. As expected it was pretty chaotic on the platform. We jostled our way with packs in […]
“Incredible India” is a catchphrase used by an international tourism campaign in 2002. It is still recognised throughout the travelling world. India has always been on our list of countries to visit so when an opportunity arose to go we thought ‘why not’. Intrepid Travel We have already travelled with Intrepid Travel for our first […]
Fascinating Facts About San Marino San Marino is a landlocked micronation. It is one of the smallest countries in the world (5th smallest) and completely surrounded by Italy. This is why it is called an Enclave. Only the Vatican City, Lesotho and San Marino are like this. It is the world’s oldest republic that still […]
We were very much looking forward to visiting Cinque Terre and had seen some amazing photos of this beautiful National Park on the coast, which attracts millions of tourists every year. More on Cinque Terre later in the blog. In the meantime, we needed to travel from Florence to our chosen place of accommodation at […]
We had a 4-hour car trip along the Autostrada to our destination of Lake Como in the Lakes District. We decided that it would be a good chance to stop off and pay Verona a visit on the way. Verona Verona is a place that pleasantly surprised us. It was such a pretty city and […]
Cinque Terre to Venice We were in for our longest travel day since arriving in Italy. Travelling from Cinque Terre on the west coast to Venice on the east coast. The most direct route to Venice is 381 km and the calculated travel time was 4 hrs. This was using the Autostrada and tolls. Usually, […]
Plenty of Temples and Stupas to Choose From Our housesitting assignment in Kathmandu was for 5 weeks. There was plenty of time to look around this great city. This included some great Temples and Stupas in the city. We were based in the town of Budhanilkantha. There was plenty to see every time we stepped […]
While House/Pet Sitting in Kathmandu, we had the opportunity to get out and about around Kathmandu. Check out our House Sitting in Kathmandu blog. Kathmandu Durbar Square (1) While doing our research of the area, we discovered that there are actually three Durbar Squares in Kathmandu. Durbar Square is the generic name used to describe […]