Exploring Kathmandu Valley, Nepal There was an upbeat feeling in the car driving to Delhi airport to catch our flight to Kathmandu, we had love our Indian escape but after 3 weeks it felt time to move. Both I and Edwina love mountain scenery and were very excited at the prospect of seeing some of the highest mountains in the world. We didn't get off to the greatest start, after passing through security where the officer was bemused by the amount of cables and e...

Discovering Bikaner and Mandawa, India We set off in the morning for Bikaner, there was a nervous feel to the air, "Babu, when do we go to the rat temple", "First we check in, have rest, then rat temple then camel breeding, OK, if not, no problem for me", the car seemed to relax as we knew hotel and rest were first. After settling in to the hotel we set out to visit the rat temple it was 30 min drive south of Bikaner, along the 30km road people where setting up...

Wandering around Jodhpur and Jaisalmer, India Taking a year out to travel as family was always going to be more than having a holiday with the kids. It was about spending time with them and trying to develop them. What I'm not quite sure about at the moment is how to go about that. The kids seem quite unfazed by the amazing things they are seeing, especially in India and Nepal. Maybe my expectations are too high. Or am I expecting too much so soon? Do I just le...

Jaipur, Pushkar and Udaipur, India Sir, Mam have you been happy with the service, do you like ….…. It was something that was becoming a familiar question and certainly a way to put me off my breakfast. Basically we were starting to feel that nothing was for free in India and everything came at a cost or was it time for us to start playing hard ball…….. Early start with the kids all geared up for a 4 hour drive from Ranthambhore to Jaipur and with limit...

Taj Mahal to Ranthambhore Tigers Reverse, India Driving through highly fragrant Marijuana in search for tigers was not want I envisioned when deciding to take the family to see some of the last few wild tigers in the world based in Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve. A few days earlier we had a surreal drive from Delhi to Agra, using the expressway we seldom saw other cars but the honking and noise soon came back when entering Agra. Most people come to Agra to visit t...