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The Secret Gecko

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Stormy Mumbai

Things to do when waiting to buy a sim card in India (Mumbai)

Dec 25, 2017

This was the dirtiest, worst and most unpleasant accommodation I have ever had the pleasure of parking my arse in. If we hadn’t of booked an uber from the airport (Don’t judge it was our first and only one in India) I would have thought we were in the wrong…

Varanasi

Nov 21, 2017

Getting there… We took the train from Agra to Varanasi, albeit with a 10 hour delay. Fortunately we crashed in the hotel in Agra for a few more hours (rather than the train station) and jumped on the train the next morning. By the time we had got to Varanasi,…

Agra

Nov 15, 2017

Getting there… Onto another bus. The journey to Agra was not superseded by the stop over at the ghost town. We spent 500rs each and got to walk around an abandoned city – with a guided tour, of course. It wasn’t worth the tour but if temples are your thing,…

Abhaneri

Oct 29, 2017

Getting there… We got the local – local meaning, squash as many people on a long 4 wheeled vehicle as possible – bus to the place where batman was ‘filmed’. You know, the bit from The Dark Knight rises, where he finally escapes the prison after years of trying…. well…

Jaipur

Oct 27, 2017

Getting there… By the time we had got to Jaipur and got out it was starting to get late, so heading up to monkey temple overlooking Jaipur, it becomes clear just how polluted this city is. As with most large cities in India there is a thick smog hanging over…

Pushkar

Oct 17, 2017

Getting there… Puskhar isn’t directly accessible by train so we managed to wangle a private 40 minute car ride from Ajmer station to get to our hotel. I tried working out some cool camera angles on the drive but to be honest the road was rubbish and the scenery not…

Udaipur

Oct 12, 2017

Getting there… The journey from Jodhpur to Udaipur saw us riding on our first bus in India. Now, the overuse of the horns hadn’t bothered me up until now. From what I can work out they are used in place of rear view or wing mirrors….. or eyes, or indicators….…

Bishnoi Village Tour

Oct 4, 2017

Half day September 2017 ₹650/£7.50 half day tour N/A Heerlijke village ₹250/£2.88 What we did Bishnoi Village Tour with Jodhpur village jeep safaris. The Bishnoi are a simple people who live off the land and only eat what they produce. As vegetarians, they produce a range of millet, lentils, chickpeas, odd…

Jodhpur – The Blue City

Sep 28, 2017

2 days September 2017 ₹3606/£41.00 (per day not inc accom) Jagat Vilas – 3/5 Long way from town Indique – 2/5 Hotel Priya – 4/5   What we did Mehrangarh fort, Bishnoi village tour, drank lassie Another early starts saw us catch the 6:30am train to Jodhopur. The train was…

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