Amritsar is a crazy Punjabi city steeped in history, and our short time here was spent taking in the beautiful Golden Temple and trying delicious Punjabi cui...

Our time in Bikaner was very short and sweet. Intended to be a quick stop-over to break up the long journey to Amritsar, we didn’t even plan to do a blog pos...

A Camel Safari had been high on our list of things to do before we arrived in India, but as we met other travellers and started to learn more about the commo...

Jaisalmer is an incredible little city which rises up from the middle of the desert. Built around a brilliant, inhabited fort, the narrow, golden sandstone s...

After a prolonged stay in Udaipur we were finally ready to move on to another Rajasthani city on the tourist trail, Jodhpur. We arrived in the evening but lu...

After a long and very bumpy government bus ride, we arrived at the majestic city of Udaipur. Arriving in darkness, our first sight of the city’s lake all lit...

Saying goodbye to the South and ready to start our adventures in North India, we headed to Goa to catch a flight to Jaipur, Rajasthan. Straight off the plane...

After a very quick two weeks we said goodbye to everybody at Saraya for a few days and headed for highly-praised, mystical Hampi. Our sleeper bus arrived jus...

After an amazing month in Gokarna we both felt it was time to move on to somewhere and something different, and so off we set to North Goa for our third (and...

Our time spent in Gokarna is without doubt a highlight of our trip. We initially planned a two week stay by the sea, but ended up staying over a month. Gokar...

After a week and a half in the Western Ghats we said goodbye to the cool hills, and goodbye to the state of Tamil Nadu, and headed for the city of Mysore in ...

Feeling very at home in the cooler climates of the hills we decided to spend some time in the hill stations of Coonoor and Ooty. Both are filled with tea pla...

Struggling with the Indian summer, we escaped to the much cooler hills of Kodaikanal in the Western Ghats. As we climbed the hairpin road on the mountain in ...

After Pondicherry we moved away from the coast for the first time in India - and we really noticed the lack of cooling sea breeze! Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) a...

After a week in Mahabilapuram it was time to move on and we both felt excited to see the popular destination of Pondicherry. Being a former French colony we ...

Our first three days in Mahabalipuram (Mahabs) were pretty much spent like this: That’s me sleeping under a fan, living off crackers and bananas, and praying...

A very quick hour and a half flight and we landed in Chennai airport. We had been warned by books and other travellers that you can’t prepare for India, so w...

After our ten days in Hingurukaduwa we were both looking forward to some time to ourselves and so we headed for the south coast towards the famous beaches ar...

After our first long Saturday of teaching, and only our second whole day in the village, the Principal of the centre strongly encouraged (forced) us to go on...

After our short break in Udawalawe and Haputale, our second Workaway gave us the opportunity to teach English in Sri Lanka, something we had both been very k...