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...

India - glorious India. We have just arrived in India after our 3 week stint in Nepal. After our trek we did a 2 day/1 night white water rafting trip which was awesome. It was so much better than i expected. We had awesome grade 3-4+ rapids and the water was absolutely beautiful - clean, cold and refreshing. We stayed in a wicked lodge by the waters edge in well constructed tents with a thatched roof and beds!! Typically we expected the food to be pretty po...

We have returned from our 10 day trek to Annapurna Base Camp. What a fantastic trek. We started in Pokhara, Nepal, and trekked through local villages, thick rainforest, alongside the white water rapids of the fresh Himalayan rivers and all during rain, hail and shine (literally). After 6 days we reached 4130 mts above sea level at Annapurna base camp. We stayed here overnight and took in the wonderful views of the Himalayan mountains. We played volleyball wi...

After much ado we worked out how to spend out 'Tibetan time' as well as see a touch of Tibet while we are still here. Well at least we thought until our plan came tumbling down. We decided to catch a 10 hour train and then a 6 hour bus to a place called Xiahe. The day we were about to board the train what did the Chinese Govt. decide to do - close that town off to tourists too! So in a bit of a frantic mess we had to decide what to do with our time. We heade...