by Kirsty | April 22, 2009 | India
Whilst in Jaipur, I was offered an amazing opportunity – the chance to fly in a hot air balloon. I’ve never done it before so of course, I jumped at it. I was picked up at 5.15am which was a bit of a rude awakening seeing as I’d only got in at 1.30am from the party...
by Kirsty | April 13, 2009 | Nepal
Visiting Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha So, a couple of weeks later than planned we were at Kathmandu airport waiting for the flight to Lumbini, famous for being the birthplace of Buddha. And which airline did we fly on? Buddha Air of course! After an hour and a...
by Kirsty | March 29, 2009 | Nepal
This weekend we had planned to go to Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha. Determined to see a bit more of the country whilst we’re here we were all booked and set to go. We had literally just picked up the airline tickets and were saying goodbye to Bijay when he said:...
by Kirsty | December 27, 2008 | India
A Christmas Break to Darjeeling and Calcutta Tea in Darjeeling and Culture in Kolkata A Christmas Break in Darjeeling and Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) I’ve always taken my morning cup of tea for granted – dunk a teabag in a mug of boiling water and splash in the milk....
