We get the hump in Jaisalmer

October 24, 2014.Reading time 24 minutes.

Jaisalmer, West Rajasthan , October 24th 2014 We’ve gone from the sublime to the ridiculous….. At Jodphur we stayed in a quite expensive, (by any standard, let alone Jodphur’s) two-story ‘suite’ at the ultra-modern Raas Hotel….mini bar, sunken bath tub with views, butler service, pool, spa, gym, ( why would I need a gym!) gift-shop […]

Poppy day in Rajasthan

October 24, 2014.Reading time 14 minutes.

Jodphur, Thursday 23rd October. We arrived in Jodphur yesterday afternoon after a long drive from Udaiphur ( with a stopover for a quick look-see at a famous marble Jain Temple in Ranakpur…. Memsahib had a priest say a prayer for her there…. which she had to pay for….but I declined the offer…. ‘Bloody Athiest’ I […]

Red Dot Specials?

October 21, 2014.Reading time 10 minutes.

Monday 20th October 2014 We have arrived in Udaipur at last, after our 'Spice-Jet' flight from Delhi was delayed by 5 hours ( delayed or cancelled, hard to know?). Lucky for us, I received a phone call from our Mr Ashish at 'Oriental Routes'. (there's a joke there somewhere…. ever had an ori… forget […]

Oh goodness gracious me….!

October 20, 2014.Reading time 1 minute.

Just a very quick update before we depart in 15 minutes for Jaipur…….Memsahib and I are in a small desert town half-way between Jaiselmere and Jaipur…. it's called Naguar, and no, I'd never heard of it before either. We've been here for 2 nights, staying in the most fantastic place you could wish for…. The […]

Well I’ll be Burka’d…

October 19, 2014.Reading time 6 minutes.

Up early, as we have to meet up with our personal tour guide at 9:30 this morning. After a superb breakfast in the '1911' restaurant, we get to the lobby 15 minutes late, to find him waiting patiently for us….( I find that most Indians seem to be the patient type here) He introduces himself […]

They Sikh us here, they Sikh us there….

October 19, 2014.Reading time 18 minutes.

Glad that long flight is over. Memsahib and I sailed through customs at Delhi's 'Indira Gandhi International Airport'…. no worry's about th excess wine we have either. The main concern for the authorities seemed to be the Ebola health inspection check that everyone off the Emirates flight had to go through…. all flights coming from […]

First Class to Delhi?……almost…

October 18, 2014.Reading time 7 minutes.

The last time I posted on the blog from Dubai I remember complaining about the price of the coffee as well as the service…..( actually it was in Doha airport, but both are in the ‘Yewknighted’ Arab Emirates, both begin with letter D, and both are places to be avoided at all cost, unless in […]

Time for Memsahib to pack her Sari once again

October 16, 2014.Reading time 10 minutes.

It was a real ‘spur-of-the-moment’ decision a couple of months ago that saw me make a booking for India. We were spending a few nights of relaxtion up at our country retreat ( calm down… It’s really just a rural 50 acre lot, with a comfortable ‘country style ‘weekender’ house on it, hidden away […]