Off and away
20 Mayıs 2018, Avustralya ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Lila and I set off for our travels, beginning with 2 weeks in India before Jean meets up with us
Welcome to India...
21 Mayıs 2018, Hindistan ⋅ ☀️ 39 °C
We land to the lovely announcement that it's 39degrees in Jaipur! We are hit with the heat, noise and the all those amazing things which make India India. We get to our hotel and dump our bags thenOkumaya devam et
Exploring Jaipur
22 Mayıs 2018, Hindistan ⋅ 🌫 34 °C
Early morning was great to go for a little walk through the town, less traffic, less busyness...and you can stop, notice and appreciate things :) Jaipur is an amazing city which encapsulates all theOkumaya devam et
Hawa Mahal
22 Mayıs 2018, Hindistan ⋅ 🌫 37 °C
Visiting the Hawa Mahal, palace constructed in 1799
Passport pics india style + hair cuts
22 Mayıs 2018, Hindistan ⋅ ☀️ 43 °C
So only in India...
Go into a photo place asking for passport photos. I'm directed behind the little screen to wash my face and comb my hair. I must have looked really bad, because they insisted twiceOkumaya devam et
Lassi walla
22 Mayıs 2018, Hindistan ⋅ ⛅ 41 °C
With this heat, it's a great excuse to indulge in the amazing lassis... several times a day. Lila's diet thus far has consisted of chapatis (her new favourite food), rice with a few spoons of whateverOkumaya devam et
Search for a swimming pool
23 Mayıs 2018, Hindistan ⋅ ☀️ 41 °C
Only in India... Will it take more than 3hrs to find a swimming pool where you can swim + get a tour / buy from this factory for my commision visit thrown in by the auto rickshaw driver. So afterOkumaya devam et
India so far...from Lila's eyes
24 Mayıs 2018, Hindistan ⋅ ⛅ 41 °C
When we first landed the heat was pretty overwhelming for Lila...and a few days in it's still one of the big things she talks about. Here are some questions and pics from Lila :)
What is differentOkumaya devam et
Lights and lassi
24 Mayıs 2018, Hindistan ⋅ 🌫 36 °C
For our last night in Jaipur, we braved the crazy roads to walk down the road to see the lights at Albert Hall...and then treated ourselves to lassi and chai at our favourite lassi place :) our nightOkumaya devam et
Lila's first overnight train
25 Mayıs 2018, Hindistan ⋅ 🌫 37 °C
Waking up Lila to leave for the train station around midnight and running through a pack of barking street dogs to a waiting uber (who you can't contact due to your technical incompetence...hence theOkumaya devam et
Haveli in the desert
25 Mayıs 2018, Hindistan ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
Tonight we went for a little walk around jaisalmer, a desert town in Rajasthan and our home for the next few days. We visited salam singh (old prime minister) haveli, moti mahal (meaning pearlOkumaya devam et
When hot water comes out of the cold tap
26 Mayıs 2018, Hindistan ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
So we are visiting jaisalmer in the off season (which I love) but it means its around 45deg at the hottest part of the day, and the minimum is 31deg. You desperately want a cold shower but onlyOkumaya devam et
How to unbog a car in the desert
27 Mayıs 2018, Hindistan ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C
So how many people/vehicles does it take to unbog a car in desert sand... Well at least 10 guys, a jeep and then a tractor and about 1.5hrs later. Lila said it would have been handy to have ourOkumaya devam et
Is popcorn a vegetable?
29 Mayıs 2018, Hindistan ⋅ 🌬 36 °C
So we found popcorn tonight (hence the fleeting thought this is the closest thing to a vegetable she has eaten in the last week), amongst our battle with motorbikes, auto rickshaws, occasional cars,Okumaya devam et
Lila's first sari
29 Mayıs 2018, Hindistan ⋅ ☀️ 39 °C
I should be banned from going to markets...on the other hand, I'm getting quite good at just squeezing more stuff into our backpack :)
Tadpoles, squirrels and the Taj Mahal
30 Mayıs 2018, Hindistan ⋅ ☀️ 40 °C
We headed off our overnight train directly to see the iconic Taj Mahal in Agra today.
It really is quite a grand and amazing structure, also because of the grounds around. Inside the mausoleum isn'tOkumaya devam et
Delhi, some photos from Lila
1 Haziran 2018, Hindistan ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C
We've come to Delhi to meet up with jean who is flying in. Here are some photos from Lila at the local market. We also got to the post for some stamps to post off some post cards and then visited theOkumaya devam et
The holy 'City of Light'
2 Haziran 2018, Hindistan ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C
After another overnight train we have arrived in the holy city of Varanasi. Varanasi is considered a holy pilgrimage site for many Hindus, as the city founded by the god Shiva. The city is on theOkumaya devam et
Varanasi at sunrise
4 Haziran 2018, Hindistan ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
This morning we woke up early to catch the early morning sunrise activities at the Ganges (early mornings are usually a huge effort for our family!). Lila dipped her feet into to river, and Jean wentOkumaya devam et
Welcome to Nepal
5 Haziran 2018, Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We had a day of travel, heading from Varanasi to the Indian-Nepalese border and on to the small city of Pokhara, which is a starting point for many trekking the beautiful Annapurna mountain range. WeOkumaya devam et
Pokhara
6 Haziran 2018, Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Today we got our permits for walking in the Annapurnas and then at sunset we went for a little walk along the lake. Lila enjoyed running through the park and was intrigued by some people playing chess
Old Pokhara, Nepal
7 Haziran 2018, Nepal
Jean is feeling better after almost 2 days in bed, so we head out to check out the old Pokhara. Jean got a shave and we had a nice tea in a small tea shop
Leaving for our trek
8 Haziran 2018, Nepal
After a big thunder storm last night, we woke up to drizzly rain for the start of our little trekking adventure to the Annapurnas. We have decided to follow a trek we found online of a small familyOkumaya devam et
Day 2 Galeshaw- Tatopani
9 Haziran 2018, Nepal ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
We visited the local temple in Galeshaw which is apparently a sacred pilgrimage site. We saw 3 buses in a row come (which made us excited that we wouldn't need to wait too long for the bus) only toOkumaya devam et
Day 3 Tatopani to Jomsom
10 Haziran 2018, Nepal
Today's we left Tatopani on foot as it's a bit unknown when the bus will come, after a short while we were lucky to hitch a ride with a truck driver to Dana a few towns up. He said the bus would comeOkumaya devam et






























































































































GezginYou guys are adorable and loving your adventures thus far!