Singapore: Sentosa
South of Singapore lies the island of Sentosa. It seems to be the main tourist attraction in the country. Fully loaded with nature parks, a 4D Adventureland, theme parks, a […]
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Singapore: Jurong Bird Park
The following morning we were supposed to get up and get on with our day, but once you’ve already given yourself one morning off, it’s hard not to get into […]
Singapore: Bugis Street Markets & Gardens By The Bay
I don’t think we could have picked two countries at such polar opposite ends of almost any scale if we’d tried. Singapore immediately began to reintroduce us to the comforts […]
New Delhi: Final Impressions Of India
Elena and I had spent our final evening in Agra looking into a hotel near the airpot in Delhi for our departure. As we returned to our room we could […]
Agra: The Taj Mahal
After all my criticism of India’s road laws, systems and erratic use of lanes, the highway from Jaipur to Agra took me by surprise. I assume that because it’s a […]
Jaipur: Amer Fort & The Monkey Temple
Another sun kissed hazy morning. I’ve begun to wonder if that might be the real difference between New Delhi and Jaipur. Closer to the Himalayas, New Delhi is at an […]
Jaipur: The Pink City & City Palace
After all the anticipation, build up and seemingly endless waiting around the wedding was over. The marquee had started coming down before the bride and groom had left it for […]
Sisana: A Very Indian Wedding
Breakfast, lunch? Nobody knows. Structured eating patterns are non-existent. You eat when food is available, keep going until your full. You never know how long it might be before you […]
Sisana: Hindu Wedding Preparations
I’ve come to accept that time is a Western construct that has no value in India. When asking what time will something, anything, be happening no real timescale is given. […]
Sisana: Life In The Village
After a full, who knows how many hours long, day I was exhausted and slept almost the entire way from New Delhi to Sisana in the neighbouring state of Haryana. […]
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