We found out that our flight was cancelled to Delhi this morning because of its foggy weather going down to zero vision, so were a bit surprised. Luckily we were able to book another one just a few hours later! (with much frustration on M’s part!) We ate good buffet-style breakfast with cornflakes and 🌈🍰… Read More Wedding Day 2 (by Z)
After a conveniently quick drive to the hotel where the wedding was happening, we handed our bags to the staff, and after about 30 minutes (quite long 😴) they directed us to our room with… one double bed. We asked for an extra bed for Z and I took the window seat and used it as… Read More Wedding day 1 (by I)
We ate well in Udaipur: it definitely caters to more tourist taste but we also got some great Indian food, including a butter chicken the kids liked at a dingy, smoky cafe/bar a couple of minutes walk from our accommodation. Mike and I also liked that place because the staff told us you could get… Read More Udaipur food
So M is the packer of the family and he always likes to do the tetris and get things packed in with minimal wastage of space, which is great… until you go and buy stuff (bling crocs that don’t pack down, kids’ wedding outfits, long pants etc) so we decided to invest in a fourth… Read More Welcome Samantha!
Up to Rajasthan to stay in the old town of Udaipur for a few days before the wedding. This is a magical place with narrow laneways, twisting and turning with adventures down every alley way. Still loud (all those horns plus the dogs yapping!) but so much more character than Chennai. Plus, the cosy place… Read More Udaipur – old town
When walking around Chennai we noticed these chalk drawings in front of houses, most were fairly simple but some were more intricate and even coloured. I asked at the yoga manadrim and these were not chalk at all but rice flour. They are called kolams and are are drawn at dawn in front of your… Read More Kolams in Chennai
Unfortunately it was a strict no photos allowed policy so I only have pictures of the outside. Ahh yoga in India – you’ll be tying yourself into pretzels in no time! Well, not really. The point of this six day course was to explore the beliefs of yoga, to understand why we practice, and to… Read More Chennai Yoga
Road rules in India don’t really apply like they do in other countries. Everyone is weaving in and out wherever they can and things are coming from all angles. To drive here you need to be super aware of everything around you – especially that auto (tuk tuk) that’s about to overtake you on the… Read More Indian Traffic
Appy fizz (an apple flavoured fizzy drink). Small oddly shaped mystery lollies. Banana chips. There is good food here too, but the people here put tomato sauce and/or spices with everything, like the abundance of pepper on this fried rice (?). Here is a brownie to make you hungry! Yesterday we found many questionable things… Read More Weird food in India (Maybe it’s also in Australia) (By Z)
1 – Emergency hat purchases when the kids forget theirs. Not what they would have chosen – and certainly they’d avoid getting the same one at home but choice was limited. I don’t expect these to make it back home. 2 – The lack of Coke in this country is ridiculous! Even if the fridge… Read More Random things (probably part 1)
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