So we left Varanasi for Nepal. A long journey involving a 6 hour train journey (which was 2 hours late), a 3 hour coach to the border, then after customs another 9 hour coach to Pokhara. It didn't go too badly though Hannah felt pretty rough towards the end. We both immiediatly got a good vibe in Nepal, the people are so smily and happy and everything is less busy, much calmer. After arriving we went for food (10pm at this point) and then hit the hay. Hannah had ...

Hello everyone, sorry the blogs have been a bit out of sync, didn't get much internet time after the trek, took long enough to put the photos on! So the Jomsom trek... Day 1: Took a bus from Pokhara up the valley to the starting point of our trek. We followed the valley up past crystal clear pools and corn fields. We stopped for lunch then tackled the 3280 stone steps (ascending 600m), we took it 500 steps at a time and were quite chuffed with ourselves when we...

Arrived on our long night train from Jhansi to Varanasi (both slept like babies) and it was already sweltering! We took a rickshaw through the city then the guy hopped out and guided us through the narrow alley ways (naturally filled with cows, dogs, motorbikes, etc) to our hotel. We checked in and literally sat in our room under the fan till about 3.30 when we decided to brave the heat and go for a walk down the Ghats. It is beautiful here, full of colour and ...

A short ride from Jhansi and we arrived in Orchha. First instincts were how much quieter everything was than some of the tourist hubs we have been used to. Many of the people going about there everyday life as opposed to trying to take you to their hotel or mates jewellery shop. Unfortunately we couldn't stretch our budget to one of the recommendations for hotels made to us by Silvia, but nonetheless stayed in a fantastic value and very clean guesthouse, called H...

So arrived in to Agra in the evening of the 9th, jumped straight in a rickshaw found a guesthouse and went straigh to bed in preperation for our early start to see the Taj the next day. Beep Beep went the alarm at 5.30, with moans and groans we crawled out of bed, threw on some clothes and wondered down to the East Gate. After being thoroughly checked (no books allowed... weird) we walked through the entrance to the glorious Taj Mahal. We sat and watched as the...