A great little breakfast was included in our price at the Smyle Inn, so we enjoyed that after sleeping in. Then we packed our bags and checked out. The staff members of the Smyle Inn were incredibly friendly and helpful, and we were very glad we had stayed there. They had done a beautiful job with our laundry, fetched a couple of beers when we enquired, and rescued Tessa and Margaret from their defective room without complaint. The last thing they did was order u...

Tessa's Blog Well, the last time I updated the blog, we were in Corfu on my parents anniversary (September 3). The next day was also a pool day awaiting our bus to Athens. We were waiting when our friends drove by in their scooters. We had a lovely chat but the bus came so we had to bid farewell. The bus would leave at 7:45 p.m. and arrive at 5:00 a.m. We went with the green bus company which is Corfu's city bus. They are really lucky because their city buses ...

Connor and Barry headed out to the Chinese Embassy to drop off our passports. Barry continued to be amazed at Connor's adventurous spirit, as he led the way. When the boys returned, we ventured out to Connaught Place - a large district of shops and restaurants - to eat, since the boys had reported seeing western-style fast food restaurants there after their sojourn to the bank the day before. We initially took bicycle rickshaws, which we cannot even begin to des...

What happened that morning was like something out of the movies. Our driver drove with maniacal speed around auto rickshaws, bicycle rickshaws, buses, bicycles, school kids, beggars, piles of rubble, cars, trucks, and - now that we were in India - cows. The streets were filled with debris and teeming with humanity; exactly how we'd pictured Delhi would be. The sun was blood red through the smog, and the city smelled of exhaust and many other odours that we didn't...