Category: Travel

  • Wednesday 22 April 2015 Highlights: Fathpur Sikri (abandon city) , Abhaneri (stunning ancient water tank) and Bollywood! Today originally looked like a positioning day with a long trip to Jaipur but was it turned out that under played today’s stops in Fathpur Sikri and the Abhaner.  We left Agra at 8.30 am with the knowledge we wouldn’t…

  • Tuesday 21 April 2015 Highlights: Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Baby Taj and visit to the Marble Emporium. A massive day, probably the most impressive I’ve done on a tour excluding the Antartica trip.  The city of Agra is an amazing place that the Moghuls, at that time led by Akbar the Great, settled in the late 16th century and…

  • Monday 20 April 2015 Highlights: The Paharganj slums, the children’s refuge, Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sikh Temple, Jamaica Masijd (Great Mosque). The first full day of the tour turned out to be eye opening.  Before we started I woke up at 5.30 am local time, which is really 10 am In Australia so I used the time to…

  • Sunday 19 April 2020 Highlights: Indian TV, Meeting the group, Indian Dinner, Oganised chaos on the roads. Another day mostly relaxing before the G Adventure tour begins tonight with our local meeting.  Again during the day there were  many power blackouts.

  • Saturday 18 April 2015 Highlights:  Exploring local area. This time for my flight from Hong Kong to Delhi I had a seat mate, a big Indian fellow, meaning I had limited access to the aisle.  The flight was fine enough, or fine enough for someone who has been awake for over 18 hours when it…