One month in India is a pretty good amount of time to spend in India. I spent one month travelling from Mumbai to Delhi via Rajasthan and I felt like I had been in India for ages when I arrived in Delhi one month later! Based on my time backpacking India extensively I wanted to write …
In this Varanasi itinerary, I show you that 2 days in Varanasi (Banaras as it’s also known) is the perfect amount of time to spend in this old and interesting city I think. Varanasi is incredibly interesting but there aren’t actually that many things to do in Varanasi, it’s a city that you visit to walk …
No visit to India is complete without visiting the Taj Mahal or is it?? I visited the Taj Mahal after being in India for 7 weeks and to be honest, Northern India had given and shown me so much in that time that even after just a few weeks backpacking India I felt that if …
There’s no doubt about it, although Agra is a big City not only is the main attraction the Taj Mahal but most of the other attractions revolve around it too and who can blame Agra! The Taj Mahal is simply stunning!I had high expectations when visiting the Taj Mahal and even though I tried not …
‘If you go to India thinking you are going to be ill, you’re half way there.’ My famous words at the very start of my trip to India starting off in Mumbai. Whilst I still stick to this saying, and I definitely believe that if you arrive in India worried that you’re going to get …
Rishikesh, the home of Yoga in India. The Place where the Ganges River runs through brighter than you could ever imagine. A Spiritual Town made famous with foreigners by The Beatles back in the ’60s & ’70s. Rishikesh is like no other place in India and it has to be visited by travellers to India, …
Updated 2023: Visiting The Beatles Ashram is a must-do thing when you visit Rishikesh. It’s really interesting to see the Ashram as it is now totally in ruins whether you are a fan of The Beatles or not, but it’s also an important place to visit in Rishikesh because The Beatles, along with other big stars, …
Updated 2023!. ‘I feel like I’m in another country!’. These were my words on my Instagram Stories after arriving in the town of McLeod Ganj in Dharamshala, up in the state of Himachal Pradesh with a big Tibetan Influence. It’s good to know now that a lot of travellers travel to Dharamshala and get stuck, …
Updated 2020 from my second visit: Amritsar in Punjab is not a city that all travellers visit, especially on their first trip to India but if you want to see more than the cities of Rajasthan, Amritsar has to be on your North India itinerary! What to do in Amritsar? Is what I’m sure you’re …
A bit like when I got to Jodhpur aka the Blue City, when I got to Jaipur aka the Pink City of India, I was quite shocked by what a big city it is and how firstly, the pink is actually more terracotta. The ‘pink city’ section is actually quite small and although there are …
Located in the heart of Jaipur is Shahpura House, one of the best luxury Heritage Hotels in Jaipur, I spent 2 nights there at the start of my trip to Jaipur and what a welcome to Jaipur it was! On arrival I was whisked from my rickshaw and greeted with a beautiful smelling Orange Flower …
Pushkar in Rajasthan is a Backpacker and Traveller’s dream, it’s pretty chilled (compared to other places in India that is), small, cheap and it has a very spiritual vibe, all the things that keep people there a lot longer than they initially planned! I spent one week in Pushkar and really loved it and I …
Updated 2020: Pushkar in Rajasthan, India is the place where you can indulge in Western and International Food without feeling bad, and as any traveller who has been in India or in Asia for a while knows, a bit of Western Food now and again is very nice! When I say indulge though I generally mean …
Pushkar is a very Holy and Spiritual Place for Hindu’s, in fact it’s one of THE holiest sites as it is said that Lord Brahma, the Hindu God of Creation dropped a lotus from his hand and a Lake emerged in that place, this is now the Holy Lake in the middle of Pushkar. Therefore …
In all honesty I didn’t get the best first impression from Jodhpur, aka the Blue City of India. I’d just been dropped off by my homestay host after 3 days of quietness in a rural village in Rajasthan and walking through the Clock Tower Market with hundreds of other people and then getting into the …