After the hustle and bustle of Mumbai and Udaipur we travelled to Ranakpur. We had planned on staying 3 nights but after getting there and seeing the view from the pool over the lake we decided to stay longer - money was a bit tight - there were no cash points or banks so we had to be careful! Electricity was on and off and the service laid back, shall we say, but after being ill it was the perfect retreat for convalescence. We went on a 6 hour trek to a temple i...

What a journey! I knew we were facing an epic adventure taking the train to Ahmedabad and then catching a train soon after up to Udaipur but when doing it, we never thought the journey would end! With a race to get to the station for the train for 1.15pm (which we realized when we got on the train should have been 1.40pm after all!) we left over an hour to get there (1/2 hour would usually suffice) but all roads stopped for what we found out soon after was the Pr...

Sorry about the photos - we need to download ours but I haven't worked out how yet!! Dave is making a good recovery so I have sorted out the trains for the next leg of our journey: 7 hour train journey to Ahmedabad, wait 2 hours and then an overnight train to Udaipur. After the hustle and bustle of Mumbia we are looking for to the serenity and peace promised by Udaipur and the central lake. And thank you for the message Irene! Well, I'm off for some more photo t...

After meeting Liz and Gareth (whose wedding we went to a couple of weeks ago) at the airport by chance (on way back from honeymoon!), an emotional goodbye with families and a long delay at the airport we finally left for Mumbai. I was very nervous at first but we seemed to overcome our first trials of people ripping us off by getting a pre-paid taxi and not letting anyone have our receipt until we found the taxi rank we made it to Mumbai (having said this we were...

Well, we now have less than 2 weeks to go it is hard to believe that what we have been planning for so long is nearly here! We are excited about going but we will miss all of our friends and family while we are away. We hope you will follow our adventure but also keep us informed with your news too. So, here's to travel and adventure. Bonnet de douche!