India - so vast, complicated  and indescribable. Heartbreaking and frustrating and yet, in India you feel so amazingly alive. You can never be shocked like you are in India.

In July 2004 we farewelled Cusco & headed through Bolivia onto Buenos Aires where Felix waved us goodbye at the airport.

Two days in London was a balm to our souls. Real food, hot water, a place where we could communicate, maps …. The positive adjectives could go on and on… Alarm bells should have rung at that stage. We were in no frame of mind to arrive in India.

Ladakh and Kashmir were amazing – made so by fellow travellers, the “freak show”, and that there weren’t many Indians there.  In mid September Kristel came running down a train platform and into our lives – and we launched into a high speed tour of  the tourist spots of Rajasthan and Madyha Pradesh. By mid October we were exhausted. India’s sensory stimulation had caused Arie, particularly, to overload. She couldn’t handle any more. We bailed out to Myanmar – which was the best decision we have ever made and Myanmar now ranks up there with Laos as the friendliest/happiest nation on eart

Group emails from India

Visiting Paradises

The Cow belt of India

A woman’s Lot

Stories from India
(No links as yet)

Houseboat Heaven - Dal Lake, Kashmir

Indescribable India

A place of Peace - Ladakh

Trouble in Paradise - Srinagar and Kashmir

A flickering flame - Tibet & Dharamsala

Life & Death up close - Varanasi

Farida and Judy at the Second Highest Motorable road in the world.

Arie braving the rat temple near Bikaner (she is not nearly as brave as Kristel!)

Arie & Kristel in Jaipur

Arie at the Taj Mahal, Agra, India.

Judy enjoying herself at a "guggery", local folk entertainment, and below in a community in the desert.

Arie in Orcha, India 

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