Early start up at 5am to leave at 6am followed by a 6 hour journey to Mandawa. We checked into a converted Haveli (house) and had a lovely Dal with Chipatis for lunch in its beautiful painted courtyard. Mandawa is a small town in Rajasthan located on the silk route from China. Many dominant merchants settled here and built their Havelis or family homes. We took a tour to see inside some of them and the architecture geek inside us really came out. The hand carv...

After a gruelling 9 hour flight to Mumbai we had to endure another flight to Delhi. The hotel we had booked sent a taxi to the airport to collect us and to be honest after that journey and when we eventually saw where the hotel was located we were very glad of it. Situated in the Paraganj district just off the main bazaar it was what we'd expected Delhi to be like but maybe not prepared for it. The streets were narrow with shops and kiosks everywhere. We spent ...

Well hello there all you blog watchers, just a quick blog entry to check this works out... Having packed up and moved the entire flat in one day in record time (we were back in Leicester by 3:00) we've spent the last few days/week cancelling bills and redirecting mail, lots of fun I know but it has kept us busy. The trip seems to have crept up on us much the same as everything else this year; namely the wedding and the plethora of leaving dos we'd organised. W...