7/16 Today we had some nice lectures. Nicolas Friend (who I found out today has a son named Rupert Friend, who is dating Keira Knightley or something, yikes) talked about the power of props and poses in portrait paintings. Alliteration, woo! Dr. Wright cuts the bull, and I love that. One painting that sticks in Read More »
With only 2 days in Rome we decided to take two guided tours – the two places we wanted to see- Colesuim and Vatican City. We arrived in Rome to the Marriot Flora ( 5 stars ), yes those travel points add up. Soft king size bed, full bath, room service and a view. Set Read More »
Friday, 26th December So, time to leave San Leone, had been a lovely 2 weeks especially having the internet so accessible which we had used for at least 7 hours and they didn’t charge us! And we didn’t remind them! Took an “inland” road making for Corleone…..which Teresa really wanted to visit, silly eh? After Read More »
First thing to note about the temples of Angkor is that there’s just so many. Before this trip we, like most of you I assume, had heard of the magnificent Angkor Wat, but we didn’t know of the literally hundreds of surrounding sites and ruins. With this in mind, and intending to save the best Read More »
We begin the day, once again in the trusty hands of Mr Na our tuk-tuk driver but now acting as quasi guide too having saved the $25 today, with sunrise at Angkor Wat. Big crowds here and we’re a little disappointed with the sunrise (it just got lighter) and in ourselves for yet again forgetting Read More »
Final Days… Today we went to little India for lunch, and I enjoyed some amazing curried eggplant with cheese pita bread. It was absolutely delicious. We tried to wander the area for a little bit, but it didn’t seem there was much to see so me and another girl headed back to Arab street to Read More »
I shared a rickshaw from Bodhgaya to Gaya station and caught the afternoon train to Mughal Serai. I had arranged with my hotel a taxi to meet me at the station and to deliver me close to the place on the river where my hotel was. It was a short walk through the narrow winding Read More »
Our introduction to the thousands of temples at Angkor Wat was Ta Prohm, also known as the jungle temple but now more familiar to most folks as where they filmed the first Tomb Raider. It was built in the 10th century by a Buddhist king and was once an extremely powerful monastery. After many years and a Read More »
Sunday 24th September 6am and Idre presented us with our Beijing tickets, but the only places he could get meant that we are not in the same carriage. In fact we were 7 carriages apart!! A bit awkward when we are sharing snacks, drinks and utensils. Idre was great tho’, saying he’d take us to Read More »
I got a private bus from Udaipur to Mount Abu. It arrived in the early afternoon, in time for me to look around the lake and town the same day. Since arriving in Udaipur the weather has been noticeably cooler, especially at night. Mount Abu is a former British hill station, at altitude: the mornings Read More »
