Posts by Greg Haughey

Today we are travelling back to Delhi to catch our flight to Kathmandu to start our Everest Base Camp trekking holiday.

Last night we stayed in a 15th century fort which is now a hotel. It has been very physical with climbing the steep pathway to the reception area and navigating the numerous passageways and steps getting to and from our room. The hotel has a flying fox and we tied it out. It was a…

We are now in Rajasthan which has a distinctly different culture to where we have been to date. The day commenced visiting another fort but this time it was time accompanied by an elephant ride. We finished the day off by visiting the local cultural centre and eating a meal of local food (strictly vegetarian).

On Sunday we visited the Taj Mahal the jewel in India’s many world heritage sites. It was simply stunning. We also visited an impressive very large fort nearby which is now used by the Indian Army as one of its operational bases. On Monday we visited a another two forts and progressively we have come…

We drove from Glenburn Tea Estate early morning 10 October for Bagdogra Airport around 100 kilometres away to fly to Delhi. The purpose of visiting Delhi was to attend a Sikh wedding at the invitation of an Australian friend who was closely connected to the wedding couple’ family. We arrived in Delhi later that afternoon. …

We have just spent several wonderful on a tea plantation near Darjeeling. Kangchenjunga the 3rd highest mountain in the world has been our daily back drop. The tea plantation has been such a wonderful experience with daily treks amongst the tea gardens and gourmet evening dinners. For Kate the opportunity to drink Darjeeling tea fresh…

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We have arrived in Kolkata which not surprisingly is humid and crowded. We took a day out yesterday to recover after the flight and we are now back on our feet. Today is a big day touring all the main tourist attractions including Mother Teresa’s orphanage. Here is a photo taken on arrival at our…