Arriving in Italy we headed straight down the coast line to Naples. A lot of people warned me how dangerous Naples was but we had no troubles at all. No doubt Naples has its fair share of dodgy people, like the lady with Tourrets syndrome that slapped me on the bottom as I walked by and then proceeded to kick, hit and spit on other walkers by and the lady we saw shoot up in the wedge of her fingers as she stumbled down the main street in the middle of the day, ...

It's been a busy month since the last blog entry so here goes. Serbia : Originally Serbia was not in our itinerary but as we decided to skip our week side trip into Greece from Turkey we gained a week in which to visit Serbia. Firstly we visited the capital of Belgrade. Quite a small town with the usual to see - the old fortress, national museum (which was closed), large churches and shopping. The people here were very friendly and helpful and most spoke a littl...

Hi all, We are having a great time in Turkey. Soaking up the sun and swimming the the crystal blue water off the Turkish coast. First we spent a few nights in Istanbul. It was a lot more European that i expected and a lot more expensive than we were planning on it being. We caught up with Leigh and Rachael over a few beers will watching Turkey in the football. So far Turkey has made it through to the Semi finals in the Euro so the Turkish people are very excited...

Were do i start....Jordan is such a contrast from India. We got off the plane and out of the airport and we weren't hastled by touts. Amman was our first stop. The capital of Jordan and quite nice. Everyone here is very friendly. Shop owners all say hello by saying welcome to Jordan. We vistied the ancient Roman ruins of Jerash before hitting the dead sea. I absolutely loved the dead sea. Because it is 400mt below sea level it has 20 times the amount of...

Originally we had 5 days planned for Varanasi but after many people told us that it wa s a s*** hole nwe decided to mke it 3 days - and boy are we gld we did. Varanasi is the holy city of India situated on the holy Ganges River. Many Indcians come here on holidays to worship and others come here to die or to cure them of their illnesses. On the banks of the Ganges river are many ghats in which people worship and some are open air burning ghats which are used t...