While we were travelling around the stunning province of Rajasthan in India last year, we kept hearing about this weird rat temple. We immediately knew that it was somewhere we definitely had to visit. Yes, we're strange like that! India presents a plethora of bizarre...
Back in 2008 we visited Krakow, Poland in February and again in June. On both occasions we visited Auschwitz. Why go twice you may be wondering? On our first visit in February, we couldn't get to visit the Birkenau section as it was closed off due to stormy weather...
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...
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...
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 in...
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...
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...
Grab yourself a coffee for this one folks...... Over the past few years, housesitting has become extremely popular all across the world. There are many housesitting websites that cater for this exciting new way to travel the world and experience diverse cultures -...
Back in 2013 on one of our previous trips to Thailand, we headed to the luscious island of Koh Phi Phi off the coast of Phuket. It was here that we came across a mantis insect in full battle with a cat. The scene did draw a lot of attention from tourists and even the...
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