The Gulaal Hotel, Jaisalmer
Children playing in the dusty, unpaved street watched as our car slowly drove past. The cows with swishing tails didn’t even bother to glance our way. Our driver was trying Continue Reading →
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Laxmi Niwas Palace, Bikaner
The approach to Laxmi Niwas Palace down the long driveway evoked an Indian Downton Abbey episode of my imagination. The pink stone from Dulmera was the perfect medium with which Continue Reading →
Bikaner, Rajasthan
Fatehpur The town of Fatehpur is part of the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan and is often used as a base to explore the area. As we had chosen the smaller Continue Reading →
Mandawa, Shekhawati
Samode Palace After only three nights, we were not quite ready to leave Jaipur, but our planned itinerary dictated our steps. We elected to take a leisurely pace on our Continue Reading →
Jaipur (Part 2) – City Palace, Albert Hall & Royal Gaitor
City Palace The first thing that appealed to us about this tourist attraction was the simple fact that we could pay our entrance fees with credit card! This may sound Continue Reading →
Jaipur (Part 1) – Amber City & Fort
Palace of Winds The peach, honeycombed and latticed façade of the Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds) is the iconic image of Jaipur City; it is on postcards and merchandise, and Continue Reading →
Delhi (Part 2) – New Delhi
Rajpath and India Gate Rajpath, which means “King’s Way”, is a tourist attraction for visitors, but is also considered one of the most important roads in India. It is the Continue Reading →
Delhi (Part 1) – Old Delhi
Arrival Even before we left the terminal of Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi we could smell India. It was evocative of home after a bush fire, but with an Continue Reading →
Bhutan (Part 4) – Punakha
The road from Thimphu to Punakha was winding and juddering in many places due to the road works. Things in general do not proceed at a cracking pace in this Continue Reading →
Temples Ulan Danu Bratan & Tanah Lot
Our final day of being ‘out and about’ on Bali with Kadek began with a drive north of Seminyak to the Bali Botanic Gardens (not the ones 2km from Ubud, Continue Reading →