Rhinos and crocodiles!It's been a fantastic week with shed loads going on! The second morning in Varanasi I took a boat tour down the river Ganges. The river is a scared spot for burning funerals but also used by hundreds of locals and pilgrims to bathe in on a daily basis. Also most folk do their washing in it too! We floated past the most sacred burning area where there was a couple of funerals going on. It was a very interesting place but I was glad to be in a...

AfghanistanWell close enough! I have now arrived in Pakistan and can not believe how different it is to Iran! We left Yazd heading for the boarder and travelled all day before bush camping for the night close to a town called Bam. We visited Bam the next morning. Bam was hit by a massive earthquake in December 2003 killing 26,000 people and leaving 2500 orphans. Until that day the town had been a tourist town due to the Arg, a 9th century mud citadel which still...

I've fallen in love....With another country!!!! We arrived in Iran on the 14th, I can't believe that I have been here a little over a week already. Today is the first time that I have logged on so I will try to get everything down! My first few days in Iran were a little rough as I received a good solid bout of "delhi belly". I slept for most of the first few days whilst I felt sick and groggy before my bowls got into their new routine! The first night ...

Ready for IranI thought that I would write one more entry before we enter Iran. After leaving Ankara we had a couple of days solid travelling days during which we visited Nemrut Dagi and Lake Van on route. Nemrut Dagi wasn't really anything special (it's head sculptures are the top of a mountain.) It was overcast and rained all night so not a good day to see the sun rise which is one of the main reasons for going. That night in my wisdom I thought I would air my...

Ankara - Day three!Today is our third day in Ankara because we have had our Pakistan visas delayed. We hope to be able to pick them up today at 2pm (Originally we wanted to get them completed on Monday!) Ankara has surprised me. It a lot bigger than I expected and very westernised! It feels a little like an American city with yellow taxis flying around and one-way streets. On the first Monday we discovered Starbucks (carrot cake and hot chocolate was an excellent...