Have arrived in Tansen our next port of call for 2 nights. It took 6 hours on the bus, the journey was very bumpy and we had to go up and down many steep hills, twisting and turning around the many hairpin bends. I do not like looking down into the steep valleys below, that just drop off the roadside. The driver slowed down the coach so we could see a coach that had gone off the road two days previous with the loss of many lives, not what l really needed! I was n...

Have arrived in Tansen our next port of call for 2 nights. It took 6 hours on the bus, the journey was very bumpy and we had to go up and down many steep hills, twisting and turning around the many hairpin bends. I do not like looking down into the steep valleys below, that just drop off the roadside. The driver slowed down the coach so we could see a coach that had gone off the road two days previous with the loss of many lives, not what l really needed! I was n...

It is the wedding season here, we see many brightly coloured marquees, and women dressed in red and gold saris looking beautiful. Yesterday a wedding was held at a new hotel behind us, it started about midday and went on until the small hours. It sounded fun with all the drumming , cheering and squealing, l was tempted to sneak atound there to have a look. Ray was not so impressed as he wanted to sleep lol. Aftre breakfast went for a walk by the lake to see if ...

We only have a few more days here before we move on, will be glad of a change of scenery! Yesterday we hired a boat for the day and bought a couple of cheese croissants from the nice little bakery around the corner and some yaks cheese for a picnic on the lake. It was very warm today so it was nice to get on the shade on the forest side of the lake . We rowed or actually Ray rowed the boat as he likes to think that he is Ray Mears around the Temple island, in s...

Today before breakfast we head straight to the boats for the Temple, for once there are not too many people around. The boat over was supposed to be 50 rupees each, but when we arrived the boatman demanded 100 rupees each. It was a case of pay up or swim back lol. I would have liked to have taken lots of photos, but there is always someone in the way! There are lots of pigeons in all manner of shapes, sizes and colours, even a couple the colour of flamingos. ...