Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh Jess Cook, December 8, 2024April 22, 2025 I woke up feeling a little unwell. I couldn’t tell exactly what was the matter, but something didn’t feel quite right – was I going to be sick, or was it the other way around? Whilst James was checking us out of the hotel, I went out to get some… Continue Reading
Jaipur Jess Cook, November 20, 2024March 2, 2025 Our first night in Jaisalmer, we tried planning our onwards journey. Our original itinerary had Bikaner as our next stop, but after looking on RedBus (the go-to website for booking buses in India), we soon realised the buses that were available to Bikaner either departed or arrived at a really… Continue Reading
Jaisalmer James Cook, November 16, 2024January 28, 2025 The Golden City Our bus rolled into Jaisalmer at 9:30 pm, and thankfully, we managed to get dropped off slightly closer to our hotel. However, navigating the narrow, winding streets in the dark proved to be a challenge. Google Maps, while helpful, didn’t quite account for the labyrinthine alleys or… Continue Reading
Jodhpur, the Blue City of India Jess Cook, November 12, 2024January 4, 2025 We loved our time in Udaipur especially as we had splashed out on a beautiful boutique hotel with a rooftop swimming pool. Our first bus trip to Udaipur was much easier than we had imagined in terms of reliability and punctuality, so we booked another to get us to Jodhpur…. Continue Reading
Udaipur (Ood-ey-pore) James Cook, November 10, 2024November 21, 2024 The City of Lakes The sleeper bus departed on time from Rajkot. Jess, afraid of becoming travel sick, decided to sleep straight away. She pulled on her sleeping bag liner and got her head down. The bus had a few pickups after ours, so it took a while to get… Continue Reading
Mumbai, India Jess Cook, October 31, 2024November 9, 2024 First mission of the trip was getting from the airport to the hotel, and for that Uber was our friend. It was the week of Diwali and we were recommended to head over to the Gateway of India so that was our first stop. James used the hotel map to… Continue Reading
The Grand Departure Jess Cook, October 27, 2024February 18, 2025 At last, the day was finally here! Our 7-month honeymoon adventure to India and beyond was just about to begin. We were knackered from the long days getting the house Airbnb ready and so I was looking forwards to the night flight to finally catch up on some sleep BUT… Continue Reading