Well Nameste everyone!
Dawn and i have been going for a week now and have done so much that it feels like we have been here forever!
We had two days in Delhi in which we had a car to take us around and see the sights. We visited the lotus temple which is amazing and belongs to the Bahai religion, which seems to be a very accepting religion, was very interesting to learn about. We managed to find traqulilty in Ghandi's park, i couldn't believe how peaceful and how green it is. The red fort was impressive to look at, we didn't go in as advised that it was a waste of money-we are learning that on a tight budget foreigners suffer as every temple and monument, we pay 10 times the price of an Indian citizen! Oh well its making us enjoy bananas and satsumas for lunch!!!! We also saw, India gate which is a fab monument built in rememberance of the Indian soldiers lost in France during WW1. It looks like Marble Arch.
This is the right time of year to visit Delhi as it is warm enough for a t-shirt but not sweaty!
To leave Dehli we booked a driver for the next 15 days to take us around Rajasthan-I have never been such a posh backpacker!!!! At first it was great but it is becoming more hassle as the driver tries to force us to go to hotels that he will get commission at and hence we pay double the price-it has been making Dawn and I practice our assertive skills! However it has made getting around very easy and the landscape in Rajasthan is so varied, one minute it is moutainous, then flat paddy fields, sandy desert, avenues of trees, little dusty towns dotted around the place. We also see camels towing HUGE trailers, cows doing as they please, brightly decorated lorries, lorries heading straight for us going the wrong way down a dual carriageway! It's great fun though!
We stopped in Agra and saw Agra Fort-amazing, so much variation inside, red sandstone then intricate marble work, beautiful flower beds, amazing views of the Taj Mahal which made it look fairy tale like as it appeared through the mist with the River flowing to it. Dawn visited the Taj Mahal, i had breakfast overlooking it as i went there when i was here last. We then moved on to Keoladeo Ghana National park where we hired bikes and cycled around getting lost on dirt tracks with local land workers finding us hillarious, we found the bikes hillarious-they were complete bone shakers and no gears! Our bums hurt! We saw loads of birds due to it being a breeding ground for migratory birds, deer, foxes and more cows!
After this we arrived in Ranthambhore, here we went on safari, we could only afford the cheapest and only one afternoon so we were praying to see the Tiger's that live in the park, we have been warned that it is very rare. So off we went in our canter with about 15 others into the park, again the scenary was so vast. mountains, then followed jungle then open grassland and watering holes, old hunting lodges were visble and forts. We saw an abundance of Deer, peacocks, other birds, chipmonks but no tiger! We started to head towards leaving the park when suddenly a Tiger casually walked in front of out truck and then proceeded to drink from the watering hole, it was fantastic, i've not seen so many cheshire cat grins for so long, we stayed watching her for 20 mins or so and heard her calling her cubs which remained hidden it was lovely and she was so relaxed.
After this excitement we headed out and stopped again as we could here the spotted deer making warning calls, then we spotted what it was all about ................ a leopard was at the top of a rock looking down at us and them! Another very rare sight, none of us could believe our luck! Clearly the Tigers and Leopards like budget backpackers!!!!! Some people pay for loads of safaris and see nothing, it made our year!
That was yesterday, today we arrived in Jaipur, another busy city-will be pleased to eventually get to the sanctuary of Manali! However Dawn and I haggled down two stalls today in the local bazaar and have bought a punjabi each (the indian long top and trousers), that is our christmas day attire to break us free from our filthy smelly t shirts!!!
Anyway we will keep up dating you and eventually show you some pics!
Hope you are all ok
Em and Dawn xxx
Dawn and i have been going for a week now and have done so much that it feels like we have been here forever!
We had two days in Delhi in which we had a car to take us around and see the sights. We visited the lotus temple which is amazing and belongs to the Bahai religion, which seems to be a very accepting religion, was very interesting to learn about. We managed to find traqulilty in Ghandi's park, i couldn't believe how peaceful and how green it is. The red fort was impressive to look at, we didn't go in as advised that it was a waste of money-we are learning that on a tight budget foreigners suffer as every temple and monument, we pay 10 times the price of an Indian citizen! Oh well its making us enjoy bananas and satsumas for lunch!!!! We also saw, India gate which is a fab monument built in rememberance of the Indian soldiers lost in France during WW1. It looks like Marble Arch.
This is the right time of year to visit Delhi as it is warm enough for a t-shirt but not sweaty!
To leave Dehli we booked a driver for the next 15 days to take us around Rajasthan-I have never been such a posh backpacker!!!! At first it was great but it is becoming more hassle as the driver tries to force us to go to hotels that he will get commission at and hence we pay double the price-it has been making Dawn and I practice our assertive skills! However it has made getting around very easy and the landscape in Rajasthan is so varied, one minute it is moutainous, then flat paddy fields, sandy desert, avenues of trees, little dusty towns dotted around the place. We also see camels towing HUGE trailers, cows doing as they please, brightly decorated lorries, lorries heading straight for us going the wrong way down a dual carriageway! It's great fun though!
We stopped in Agra and saw Agra Fort-amazing, so much variation inside, red sandstone then intricate marble work, beautiful flower beds, amazing views of the Taj Mahal which made it look fairy tale like as it appeared through the mist with the River flowing to it. Dawn visited the Taj Mahal, i had breakfast overlooking it as i went there when i was here last. We then moved on to Keoladeo Ghana National park where we hired bikes and cycled around getting lost on dirt tracks with local land workers finding us hillarious, we found the bikes hillarious-they were complete bone shakers and no gears! Our bums hurt! We saw loads of birds due to it being a breeding ground for migratory birds, deer, foxes and more cows!
After this we arrived in Ranthambhore, here we went on safari, we could only afford the cheapest and only one afternoon so we were praying to see the Tiger's that live in the park, we have been warned that it is very rare. So off we went in our canter with about 15 others into the park, again the scenary was so vast. mountains, then followed jungle then open grassland and watering holes, old hunting lodges were visble and forts. We saw an abundance of Deer, peacocks, other birds, chipmonks but no tiger! We started to head towards leaving the park when suddenly a Tiger casually walked in front of out truck and then proceeded to drink from the watering hole, it was fantastic, i've not seen so many cheshire cat grins for so long, we stayed watching her for 20 mins or so and heard her calling her cubs which remained hidden it was lovely and she was so relaxed.
After this excitement we headed out and stopped again as we could here the spotted deer making warning calls, then we spotted what it was all about ................ a leopard was at the top of a rock looking down at us and them! Another very rare sight, none of us could believe our luck! Clearly the Tigers and Leopards like budget backpackers!!!!! Some people pay for loads of safaris and see nothing, it made our year!
That was yesterday, today we arrived in Jaipur, another busy city-will be pleased to eventually get to the sanctuary of Manali! However Dawn and I haggled down two stalls today in the local bazaar and have bought a punjabi each (the indian long top and trousers), that is our christmas day attire to break us free from our filthy smelly t shirts!!!
Anyway we will keep up dating you and eventually show you some pics!
Hope you are all ok
Em and Dawn xxx
1 comment:
How wonderful to hear from you and to hear you are enjoying yourselves.
The safari sounds great fun and what a bonus to see all those big cats.....were they even bigger than Hobson!!
Glad to know you havent lost your bartering skills...dont let the natives rip you off my girl!!
Continue having fun....
Lots of love,
Mummy and Daddy!
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