by Carlo | Jan 6, 2016 | Blog, India
In the north of India, on the west bank of the sacred river Ganges and 360km away from the Nepali border, stands the holiest city of Hinduism: Varanasi. According to legend, Varanasi, also called Kashi or Benares, was founded 4,000 years ago by Lord Shiva, mighty god...Tags: culture, India, traditions, varanasi
by Carlo | Dec 6, 2015 | Blog, India
On August 4th 2015, we left the comforts of Chiang Mai to do a 10 week backpacking trip around India. Travelling in India was always on our agenda and having booked the flight from Bangkok to Mumbai last year when we were in Ecuador, there was no turning back. Given...
by Carlo | Aug 31, 2015 | Blog, Location Independence
The date was 20th September, 2005. I was just after turning 27. I sat in my seat staring out the window of the plane on the runway of McLaren airport in Las Vegas. A huge grin was spread across my face. I’d just blown €5,000 playing poker over the past ten days...Tags: inspiration, travel tales
by Carlo | Aug 23, 2015 | Blog, India
We arrived in India on 4th August and so far it has been a wild integration of emotions, smells, people and cultures, all rolled into a jam-packed two weeks. India has been a country that we’ve put off visiting for a number of years as a result of one thing or...Tags: first impressions, Goa, India
by Carlo | Aug 10, 2015 | Blog, Travel Tales
This weeks travel tales interview is with Anna from Global-Gallivanting.com Anna left her job in the UK in Dec 2012 to pursue her dreams of a life of travel and adventure. Her only regret is that she didn’t do it sooner! Since then she has travelled extensively across...Tags: interview, travel tales
