India
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Day 79 – Wiggly, wobbly roads
Wake up and go down for breakfast before we clean and pack up No beans today ☹️ but we manage with toast, coffee and potato rostis Hop in the shower, stuff our bags and dash out – of course Daisy is delayed and we quickly grab an Uber So much traffic so we’re cutting it…
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Day 78 – Shri Hanuman Mandir, Shawls and general Sightseeing
Awoken by the pretty thin walls of our place as well as a kind telephone reminder by the hotel to not miss breakfast We jump on some clothes and grab an assortment of food – they even have baked beans and potato wedges Back up to the room and we leisurely get ready and head…
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Day 77 – Shimla nice to meet ya
Early 5 am start to get to the station to catch the toy train to Shimla – much calmer station and easy walk to it, though half of it is under construction so a bit of a mess Get on board our carriage right at the front, first class tickets for like £12 can’t go…
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Day 76 – Training for Kalka
Up very early after a bad night of Daisy Delhi belly strikes again 🙁 Faff at checkout over payment, grab a tuktuk to the Amritsar railway station with the usual chaos outside it – head in and towards platform but a friendly fellow traveller helps point us the right way anyway Onto the train, find…
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Day 75 – Amritsar, we’ll be seeing you again!
Not the greatest night sleep – Daisy is officially the first to get “Delhi Belly” ???? We wake up and go for some leisurely breakfast – toast, omelette and gravy coffee that we’ve come to love these last few days Pop for a shower – it’s warm today ???? Speedily get ready, pack and placed…
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Day 74 – Ice, ice Davesy
Wake up and hesitate to get up as it’s rather chilly today (around 3 degrees) and basically no hot water for showers either – brisk cold to get clean though! Have some, breakfast – porridge, toast and scrambled eggs – and our gravy coffee again ???? Beautiful day: it’s foggy but the sun is trying…
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Day 73 – Lakeing around Kashmir ????
Not as peaceful as some terrible new guests on the boat, thankfully stayed for 1 night only! Outside the air is clearer and we can see over the lake, see a heron next to us and a boat selling flowers coming along Breakfast of coffee that tastes a bit like gravy, toast and omelette Off…
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Day 72 – Lazy Davesy
A good sleep under many blankets and our oil fireplace and hot water bottles – a bit too warm for us brits ???? Woken up at 6am by the mosque in the distance ???? but back to sleep for a while Wake up properly to the sound of rain on the boat’s roof, birds flapping…
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Day 71 – From Jaipur, to Delhi, to Srinagar
Wake up and a little more refreshed than usual, after having some free time last night Shower, pack and out the door for a quick spot of breakfast Load all of our stuff in the car, and we’re off Poor Yunis (our driver) has another long drive today but it’s our last day together so…
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Day 70 – Jaipur the pink city
Finally an ok nights sleep! Cold start though, in a hurry to breakfast and out into the rain ☔️ Drive around the Albert Hall museum – the oldest museum in Rajasthan named after Kind Edward VII (Albert Edward) for his visit in 1886 See many of the pink cities 7 gates before going back in…