We have our 1st Guest Author Yashika Bhatia – who lives in India and has written this blog for ‘Bridge the Travel Gap’ Edited by Debbie Bridge India is not only a vast country but also a beautiful land to visit.…
Village tour around Jodhpur and the Mehranghah fort
Village tour around Jodhpur and the Mehranghah fort We had a lovely week exploring Jodhpur and doing a village tour. Jodhpur Jodhpur is known as the blue city and famous for the Mehranghah fort that towers over the city. At…
An idiots guide to visiting Fatehpur Sikri near Agra
An idiots guide to visiting Fatehpur Sikri near Agra After seeing the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort we learnt of the existence of an old Indian capital a 45 minute drive from Agra. Akbar was the first Mughal ruler of…
Top tips for visiting Jaipur and the cost
Top tips for visiting Jaipur and the cost After leaving Agra we had a lovely train ride down to Jaipur. It took around 4 hours and we even got served dinner. I was unaware that the meal and water were…
Enjoying a week in India
Enjoying a week in India This is a post about enjoying a week in India after we left Thailand. Our first week was getting used to the heat and easing ourselves into the madness of India. Arrival in India We…
An idiots guide to getting an Indian visa in Vietnam
An idiots guide to getting an Indian visa in Vietnam On our year-long travel we are visiting India. We had to wait till we were nearer India before getting our visas as the Indian visa starts when issued. This means…
India reliving the past
I was looking through some diaries and found an old one from 1990 when I went to India. I spent six weeks in India with a lovely girl who took lots of photos and regretfully got very sick and had…
Food poisoning while travelling and how to avoid it
Have you ever been travelling and a few hours after eating you get that nauseous feeling. Depending on the virulence of the poisoning it can develop over a few hours or up to 3 days later after eating contaminated food…