The night before we were due to leave for Sikkim a huge gale force storm descended upon Darjeeling, it lasted about 7 hours and we were sure that we'd not be able to head out the next day - to our surprise thought when we got up in the morning it was clear-ish!We met up with our Spanish friend Silvia and went off to get our Sikkim permits. Being India things always have to be difficult, we had to go to two separate offices across town, we managed to get lost at ...

Well, Ant got to catch his first train and like a small boy - loved it! From Rishikesh we jumped on a rickety old bus to Hardiwar where we caught an overnight train to Gaya. The train was suppose to leave Hardiwar at 9pm but was 3 hours late, so we settled down on the crowded platform with all the other people waiting. No sooner had we sat down did a little boy come up to me and start talking animately at me in Hindi, being so young he had no idea that I didn't ...

We caught an overnight bus to Dehra Dun, after an initial misunderstanding with the conductor the bus trip was pretty uneventful - we thought wow, this must be the first trip where nothing goes wrong, hmmm. The bus dropped us off at Dehra Dun at 5am, we teamed up with some other foreigners and from here it took us 20 minutes to find the bus station and another 15 minutes to find the bus to Rishikesh. The bus was suppose to leave at 6am, but 5 minutes before the...

We caught an overnight bus to Dehra Dun, after an initial misunderstanding with the conductor the bus trip was pretty uneventful - we thought wow, this must be the first trip where nothing goes wrong, hmmm. The bus dropped us off at Dehra Dun at 5am, we teamed up with some other foreigners and from here it took us 20 minutes to find the bus station and another 15 minutes to find the bus to Rishikesh. The bus was suppose to leave at 6am, but 5 minutes before the d...

Once the sun comes out Dharmashala becomes this wonderful haven with a wicked vibe! Again we seem to have got stuck in a place, I think we've been here now close to 10 days. We've met some wonderful people here and have been hanging out for the last week with this wicked couple from Sheffield, England, they've also taught us a great new card game (Yanif), which I can see Ant and I playing for hours and hours. Thanks to my friend Jess I have just completed a Rei...