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Time to move on. We spent most of the day travelling from Jaipur to Jodhpur which turned out to be more interesting than it sounds. People drive on the left over here, except when they don’t. That turns out to be remarkably often. As with the journey from Delhi to Jaipur, the trip from JaipurContinue reading “Wednesday, 30th October 2019 – Jaipur to Jodhpur”

Today was our final day in Jaipur and we went to see some more of the sites. Highlights included a mother trying to drop a brick on her son’s foot, a Stepping Well, the Amber Palace, a palace in a lake, wild monkeys and Dave becoming a power guru with karma. We were trying toContinue reading “Tuesday, 29th October 2019 – Jaipur”

Today was a touristy day. Annette wanted to get some tops made so we started with a deliberate shopping trip to a fabric place recommended by our driver. The visit started with a demonstration of block printing where two guys were doing three-stage prints on long lengths of fabric at hugely impressive speeds. It thenContinue reading “Monday 28th October, 2019 – Jaipur”

We’d arranged for a driver and car to take us around for our trip, which sounds grand but is incredibly cost effective. He picked us up on time, drove us the 260km from Delhi to Jaipur and dropped us off at our hotel. So not the most thrilling way to spend the day. Except thatContinue reading “Sunday, 27th October 2019 – Delhi to Jaipur”

We started to get our bearings a bit today. There’s Old Delhi and there’s New Delhi with New Delhi actually being quite stylish and dating back to the British colonial era of the 20s and 30s and Old Delhi being something else. We paid a visit to the famous Red Fort in Old Delhi whichContinue reading “Saturday, 26th October 2019 – Delhi”

There’s a really useful tip to remember when you first arrive in a new country – the first day is always the most expensive. It’s difficult and pricey to buy rupees outside of India so we arrived last night without any cash. The first job today then was to find an ATM machine. We’d decidedContinue reading “Friday 25th October 2019 – Delhi”

Welcome to India, home of the Maharajas’, tuk-tuks and more traffic at midnight than in London at midday. This is the start of Dave and Annette’s tour of bits of India. The flight out from the UK was surprisingly okay, made all the more passable by the film ‘Yesterday’ about a world with no Beatles,Continue reading “Thursday 24th October 2019 – Delhi”