Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka
Ella to Udawalawe It was a big drive from Ella to Udawalawe, so it was nice to stop occasionally for some sightseeing and stretch our legs. Rawana Falls was the Continue Reading →
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Ella, Sri Lanka
Kandy to Ella We had been forewarned by our driver, Jeewa, of the windy road between Kandy and Ella, so our prep that morning included travel calm meds, ginger tablets Continue Reading →
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Colombo to Kandy The first thing that we noticed about Sri Lanka as we left the airport was that, compared to India, the volume is cranked up on the cleanliness Continue Reading →
Mumbai, India
Introduction to Mumbai Flying from Udaipur to Mumbai, we had to leave our driver of three weeks behind. Such as shame, as he was excellent at his job, and a Continue Reading →
The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai
In the area surrounding the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, the traffic was gridlocked, and security procedures were thorough, and thus, time consuming. The residual precautions from the 2008 terrorist attacks Continue Reading →
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Narlai to Udaipur On our drive from Narlai to Udaipur, we stopped off at Ranakpur, said to be the most spectacular of the Jain temples. We nearly decided to skip Continue Reading →
Rawla Narlai, Rajasthan
Our drive from Jodhpur to Narlai was a leisurely affair, only 140 kms to the village that was home to only 7,000 people (very small for India!). With the population Continue Reading →
Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Jaisalmer to Jodhpur To mix things up on yet another lengthy drive between the poster cities of Rajasthan, our driver, Anand, took us on a less travelled route via Osian. Continue Reading →
RAAS Hotel, Jodhpur
The first thing we noticed about the RAAS Hotel in Jodhpur was its discretion. On approach, there was no flamboyant heralding of the grandeur behind the very high walls. In Continue Reading →
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Bikaner to Jaisalmer Driving from Bikaner to Jaisalmer yielded much the same landscape as our previous journeys through Rajasthan – vast arid spaces, cows, camels, shanties and people living their Continue Reading →