Our last few hours in Amritsar were spent in and around the Golden Temple. Our third visit to this wondrous place meant that we had seen it at three times of the day - morning, afternoon and night. It was totally different yet again - the sun was shining today which made the waters surrounding it as blue as the ocean and the temple itself sparkle in the sunlight. We were a little bit paranoid about what to eat for lunch before getting on a 22 hour train journey s...

It's official - I have left Goa! (For a little while anyway!) I'm currently in Amritsar avec ma mere and we're having a fabulous time. We flew to Delhi in the early hours of 4th February and even that journey turned out to be hilarious. I'm not sure if it was the lack of sleep that made everything seem funny but we couldn't stop laughing. The main reason for this was a group of men travelling with us who looked like the Indian version of the Village People or som...

How is it February already?! Somehow I've managed to neglect the blog for almost a month which is absolutely not acceptable.....my bad :-S I think the reason for this is twofold - firstly I've been really busy (although if you asked me to be specific I bet I'd have trouble telling you exactly what I've been doing with my time!) and secondly, I'm really starting to feel like I live here now, I've settled into a bit of a routine which is as terrifying as it is comf...

I should probably start with a belated MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I hope that everyone's holidays have been merry and joyful and that (if you're in England reading this) the weather wasn't too cold and miserable :-) Spending Christmas in India is always different from celebrating the holidays back home - I've written before about my lack of Christmas spirit leading up to the event - but in the end the important parts were the same: excellent food, bea...

I logged onto here yesterday to try and upload some more photos (unsuccessful I'm afraid due to a dodgy internet connection - will try again tomorrow!) and almost missed the coolest, most amazing thing. On the homepage of http://beta.offexploring.com/ my blog was officially Travel Blog of the Day! I know it's not a massive thing but to me it's absolutely huge. I can't stop smiling! I really am enjoying writing the blog so much so it really does feel awesome to ha...