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 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 Florence Murphy | Jun 28, 2015 | Asia, Blog, Chiang Mai, India, Thailand
With our trip to India looming closer and closer, two weeks ago we decided to take action in respect to getting our visas sorted. At that time we still had about 7 weeks or so left in Thailand, but after reading the hassles that other travellers had with getting a...
