Munnar is a beautiful hill station in Kerala, India. Throughout India Kerala is also referred to as ‘Gods Own Country’ because of its extreme beauty and scenery. Munnar was previously favoured as a summer resort home area for British rulers and because of this tea plan...

Fort Kochi in Kerala, India is a weird place; and I don't say that lightly. After spending just over six weeks travelling through some parts of India we ended our trip in Kochi. We were flying out of Cochin International Airport and decided to spend a few days in Fort...

We were almost trampled by a cow in Varanasi.

It was your typical Monday morning in Varanasi’s old town. The thick smell of smoke wafted in the air as we pushed and shoved our way down tiny curving streets. Today we had decided to go to a small fruit vendor who in the...

When I pictured India, I pictured Rajasthan. Of course being that India is a sub-continent, this assumption was pretty ill-informed. Upon arriving in India and being able to spend six wonderful weeks there, I was continuously blown away destination after destination,...

Like every destination in India, when we arrived in Palolem, we had no idea where we going to stay. So with our backpacks in hand, we ventured in the 35 degree heat along the beach stopping at every section of beach bungalows and asking the ever familiar question "do y...

After talking to fellow travellers and doing some basic research online, one piece of advice we kept coming across was this: if you're in India, see the Taj Mahal.

Vicki was in India in 2008 and had already visited the Taj, but this being my first time, we decided it wa...

As we made the decision to travel India about a week before arriving in Delhi, we were 

scrambling to plan out a basic itinerary of where to go, what to see, and how to do it. It is a 

pretty overwhelming task - we spent many full days scouring through travel blogs, fo...

One of the most asked questions we get while on the road is "how much are you spending on your trip?" Truth be told, this is an extremely difficult question to answer. The cost of each country varies so much, but our cheapest destination (and coincidentally, favourite!...

The ‘yoga capital of the world’ is Rishikesh, India. Located in north india tucked away in the mountains and set along the Ganges, Rishikesh is a beautiful place to meditate and get bendy. Many people come to Rishikesh to stay at an Ashram and learn yoga from one of t...

It seems like every one in Pushkar either owns a guest house, or knows someone that owns one. The surplus of competition allows you to be picky and still stick to your budget. my suggestion is to stay at Diamond Guest House. Located just off the main strip Diamond Gues...