One of the joys of exploring a new country is going into the supermarkets and corner stores and just exploring the items, some familiar, some not so. While the kids were keen to buy the Onion Shampoo as a joke present for M, we managed to get away with just buying the wine soap. We… Read More Random Indian things

The city palace is one of the main tourist attractions in Udaipur so we got a tour of some of it. (Just the King’s palace – we skipped the Queen’s palace as the kids were getting bored) It’s a massive place and took over 400 years to build, starting in 1553. Now it’s mostly a… Read More Udaipur City Palace

While Chennai isn’t a popular tourist destination, it does have a lot of foreign foods, with some French influence and even some decent sour dough!! Directly across from our accommodation was a French florist and cafe which made its own ice cream. M had taken I there one night to try their ice cream and… Read More Chennai ice cream 🍨 (oh the shame!)

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)

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)