Day 37-38 (9th-10th August) Orcha to Khajuraho
On the 9th we drove from our sweet little hotel, Hotel Sanjh Haveli, down past the place where we had explored the 6 chhatriyas yesterday, down to the main road alongside the river. We walked…
Dy 36 (August 7th-8th) Gwalior to Orcha
With so much going on, I (incredibly) forgot to mention our visit on 2nd August to Sikandra where the tomb of Akbar, the greatest Mughal emperor, is located. The pics show the outside of his…
Day 33-34 (August 5th-6th) Vrindavan to Gwalior
Gwalior has to be India’s rip-off city. We were stopped by a traffic cop in Agra who glowered at me through the windscreen then took some pictures of the smallest bit of damage to Mukesh’s…
Day 30-32 (August 2nd to 4th) Delhi to Vindravan (Mathura)
The purpose of coming to Mathura was to see some temples. We stopped at some small place in the middle of nowhere which had two men inside. The younger one soon disappeared while the older…
Days 28-29 (July 30th-31st) Hardwar to Delhi
We are on our way to Mathura, which is a long way from Hardwar so we decided to go via Delhi on a supposedly fast road. In fact it was painfully slow because the road…
Day 27 (30th July) Rishikesh to Hardwar
After being trapped in the hotel room for a couple of hours by torrential monsoon rain, we visited the Har Ki Pauri Ghat. Mukesh dropped us off at a muddy car park and we struggled…
Day 37-38 (9th-10th August) Orcha to Khajuraho
On the 9th we drove from our sweet little hotel, Hotel Sanjh Haveli, down past…
Dy 36 (August 7th-8th) Gwalior to Orcha
With so much going on, I (incredibly) forgot to mention our visit on 2nd August…
Day 33-34 (August 5th-6th) Vrindavan to Gwalior
Gwalior has to be India’s rip-off city. We were stopped by a traffic cop in…
Day 30-32 (August 2nd to 4th) Delhi to Vindravan (Mathura)
The purpose of coming to Mathura was to see some temples. We stopped at some…
Days 28-29 (July 30th-31st) Hardwar to Delhi
We are on our way to Mathura, which is a long way from Hardwar so…
Day 27 (30th July) Rishikesh to Hardwar
After being trapped in the hotel room for a couple of hours by torrential monsoon…
Days 24-26 (July 27th to 29th) Shimla to Rishikesh
We were really sorry to leave Shimla. It is such an interesting town, although it…
Day 21-23 (24th-26th July) Manali to Shimla
From the ridiculous to the sublime. I don’t know why Mukesh booked us two full…
Day 19-20 (22nd-23rd July) Keylong to Manali
July 22nd was a somewhat unproductive day. We left the beautiful Blue Pines hotel (named…
Day 18 (21st July) Leh to Keylong
We visited Leh Palace, which was only a 3-minute drive from the hotel, in the…
Day 17 (20th July) Pangong Lake to Leh
We met a very pleasant American gent during breakfast who was suffering from an AMS…
Day 16 (19th July) Nubra Valley to Pangong Lake
Today was utterly spectacular. We set off from the guest house at Nubra Valley and…