We travelled to Kandy by train – we were in the first class coach, but didn’t have a particularly impressive view. Kandy itself was lovely – it’s a small town beside a man made lake. We spent a day exploring Kandy – our first stop was the Temple of the Tooth, where a tooth supposedly…
Month: October 2013
Arrival in Sri Lanka
We spent two fantastic weeks in Sri Lanka with my (Karen) mother Julie. Our flights landed a few hours apart, so Reuben and I were able to arrive and settle in before meeting Mum at the airport. We stayed at an airbnb place in Negombo, which I would recommend as it is only 10km from…
Things we didn’t see in India but you totally should
As some of you know, we visited India for our honeymoon in 2010. We saw a few wonderful places that we decided not to revisit this time – but these are five must-see sights in India. The first and most obvious is the Taj Mahal – we visited here on a day trip from Delhi…
Last stop in India
We took a five hour train to Madurai, which was supposed to get in around 11pm…but after a 2 1/2 hour unexplained stop on the tracks we rolled in closer to 2am…thanks last train ride! We dragged ourselves out of bed the next morning to go explore the Sri Meenakshi Amman temple. This temple was…
Surgery and sunbathing
From Alleppey we took a train to Trivandrum, the nearest big town to the beach resort in Kovalam. Before we got on the train Reuben confessed to me that he had broken a tooth before our houseboat adventure, but hadn’t wanted me to worry about it so had kept it to himself. Luckily, Trivandrum and…
Cruising on a houseboat in the backwaters of Kerala
From Lucknow we took an overnight train back to Delhi, where we met up with friends Nicole and Jordan for lunch before taking a metro to the local airport. (Check out Nicole’s website here – she is a great photographer!) Annoyingly, the metro doesn’t go all the way to the airport, so we had to…
Historic Lucknow
We arrived in Lucknow pretty shattered after two overnight trains in a row. Lucknow is a really historic town in India, and we spent a couple of days here relaxing and visiting a few key places. Lucknow is famous for its kebabs, so we enjoyed some absolutely divine mutton kebabs at a little place called…
The desert town of Jaisalmer…where we didn’t ride camels
Jaisalmer is a beautiful desert city, with a fort in the middle that is very much a living fort. Within the fort are restaurants, shops, houses, temples and the Fort Palace. We stayed in a great guesthouse that was within the walls of the fort – it was fantastic to be able to look down…
Udaipur
Aside from shopping for new clothes, we saw some amazing things in Udaipur. Famous for being the city James Bond visits in the movie Octopussy, it is a beautiful place perched on the side of Lake Pichola. We stayed in an old haveli where our room had stained glass windows and there was a restaurant…
Meandering Kiwis 