Blog 126 If Sim city was a real place it would be Dubai. Take an empty patch of desert, unlock infinite money on cheat mode and build until your heart is content. Then populate with Arabs and Africans. Dubai is a strange place, where culture is glimpsed on street corners but never found whole heartedly. For someone with a 12 hour lay over and £30 in their pocket, it's not really a bad place to be. We spent the majority of the morning, immersed in gol...

Blog 125 A panicked start to the day as we over slept the alarm by 20 minutes leaving us just 15 minutes to get up, dressed and to the train station which was a 10 minute walk away. Knowing that a wonder of the world was waiting for us, we didn't waste time with menial things like brushing hair or showering. Clothes on; out the door. Luckily train delayed by 5 minutes and we were 2 minutes early to the station! Phew, on the train and relax. We watched t...

Blog 124 Today was well top! All our doubts about Delhi, mainly confounded by hearsay from fellow travellers, were a load of crap. Delhi rocks my socks off! Weeks of apprehension about returning to chaotic, smelly Delhi dissolved to nothing thanks to a combination of beautiful people, even more beautiful sights and the most beautiful of cashmere three piece suits. So...we arrived in old Delhi yesterday off a 31 hour bus from Kathmandu. Apart from a woma...

Blog 123 Last few days in Nepal were spent buying Christmas presents and seeing family! Perfect combination! Kathmandu has got to be the best place to do your Christmas shopping! Handmade stuff galore, and now our packs are as full as full can be. Looking forward to sending back a few of our personal things once we arrive in India again. After a few messages with my uncle Peter, aunty Carolyn and Lizi, we finally met up in the middle of Kathmandu for a drin...

Blog 122 Another rather bumpy bus ride through Nepalese countryside as we headed down south to Chitwan National Park. Hordes of hotel touts bombarded us as we stepped off the bus. Not knowing where we were or how far from town we accepted the offer of a 50p ride to a hotel. With only a few hours of day left we wandered the streets of this made to measure tourist town, which had been dramatically over measured...100 beds for every tourist and every restaur...