The Joy of a Microcamper

After two months in India, overnight buses no longer phased us. The only tricky bit is finding the bus stop.  Keep the faith. Speak to as many locals as you can find, someone will know where you need to stand. We had made a random decision not to fly from Kochi to Goa as we…

At the end of October, we were on the move with what seemed like the rest of the Indian population.  We were fast approaching Diwali and we were on a local train from Kochi to Kanyakumari.  Seven hours in an Air Conditioned carriage in ‘Chair’ seats.  The seats weren’t together. After a couple of hours,…

Amritsar a journey of unexpected encounters and historical reflections I’m not sure that Amritsar was ever on any ‘bucket list’. But in September 2024 we found ourselves heading to Gatwick to catch the Air India flight there. The start of a long journey. Our return tickets were in three months,  home in time for Christmas….

After boarding our overnight train from Mumbai, we awoke in Southern India.  A rattling night on the rails made sleeping not much more than a doze. It was however, an improvement on the Amritsar to Agra train we took some weeks ago. We pulled into Tivim 40 minutes late. We were beginning to think that…

It wasn’t a great start to a new city. Having finally arrived at the hotel the staff didn’t really seem to be expecting us.  A handful of polite and helpful staff made ready a room for us. But unfortunately, it was the worst hotel room I have ever booked into.  It seems that the Indian…