Jamie YardleyNine days of RajkotIt had been a long wait for my mum and dad to arrive, around three weeks in total as it had minorly dictated our route across Northern…5 min read·Feb 22, 2017----
Jamie YardleyJhansi (rats) > Indore (bugs) > Baroda (selfies) > Junagadh (selfies)> Rajkot (peace at last?)The next chapter of our tale is relatively uninteresting. Hindsight meant we would have definitely stayed longer in Orchha, but due to the…8 min read·Nov 25, 2016----
Jamie YardleyRiver swimming in OrchhaHaving happily left our last port of Gwalior behind, we took a train to Jhansi on the border of Uttar Pradesh and grabbed an auto-rickshaw…13 min read·Nov 25, 2016----
Jamie YardleyGwalior — Catch up timeSo it’s been a little while, almost a month since my last post to be accurate — pertaining to a certain apathy about blog writing in regard…10 min read·Nov 24, 2016--1--1
Jamie YardleyThe Burning GhatsStories are told across backpackers about the dreaded Varanasi, with its crowded narrow streets, minefield of cowpats and mischievous touts…9 min read·Oct 28, 2016----
Jamie YardleyDarjeeling — very limitedThe morning of the jeep to Darjeeling, it was tipping it down. We took a cycle rickshaw (slowest Indian transport in existence) to the…9 min read·Oct 28, 2016----
Jamie YardleyThe day and night and day trainWe had booked ourselves a first class 36 hour train from Delhi to Siliguri, Bengal in order to make our way to Darjeeling — the hill…4 min read·Oct 28, 2016----
Jamie YardleyI got those Delhi feetOur next short stop was a quick four day excursion in India’s capital. We arrived into one of the busiest cities from a peaceful Himalayan…6 min read·Oct 28, 2016----
Jamie YardleyLadakh — Chapter 2The morning had arrived and we lethargically made our way to the centre of the town to meet Ben at the precinct, our pre-prescribed van…11 min read·Oct 28, 2016--1--1
Jamie YardleyLadakh — Chapter 1The time had finally arrived for us to travel to Leh, in Ladakh. We had first heard of the region from a pair of miserable French Canadians…11 min read·Oct 22, 2016----