Grandad had actually recommended this place for us to visit, and I had also seen a sponsored ad on Instagram for a cute hotel I was interested in checking out. It was just an hour on the express bus—nicely air-conditioned—followed by a short tuk-tuk ride to our hotel for the…

After almost a full day of travelling, we made it to Panaji. We were met by Mrs. Fernandez, our slightly crazy but very lovely host. Since it was now dinner time, we asked for some restaurant recommendations which were vegetarian friendly. She completely didn’t understand vegetarianism and was just so…

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…

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…

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…

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….

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…