Chris' big fish

Had a lovely day today swimming for most of it. Then in the evening had a few drinks in the evening with friends to celebrate Chris catching another fish!

written by  chrischarly on December 16, 2010 from Gokarn, India
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Chris and Charly enjoying last meal in Gokarna

Today is sadly our last day in Gokarna but we’re excited about our next stop in Goa where we will be staying with our new friends Del and Becks… What made it a perfect last day is during a lovely sunset once again we saw dolphins swimming in the sea very close to shore, closer than where we swam to today!

written by  chrischarly on December 17, 2010 from Gokarn, India
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One of many, many beach bars on Calangute beach

Calangute Beach

Then once we made it he was feeling a great deal better so we went for some lunch where he once again was sick at the back of the restaurant! Poor Del was so sick, and as he is a huge food lover often eating about 5 meals a day ddin't like it when we forced him not to eat agin for 24 hours! So we had a nice relaxing night in watching a cheesy film...

written by  chrischarly on December 18, 2010 from Goa, India
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Chris, Del and Becky

Chris chilling on Calangute beach

We had a lovely day today walking around Calangute with Del and Becks enjoying the fantastic sunshine whilst we hear that back home in the U.K it's -17 degrees!

written by  chrischarly on December 19, 2010 from Panaji, India
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Chris trying to set timer on camera, not very well !

After enjoying our last day with Del and Becks we took a sleeper bus from Goa to Mumbai taking around 14 hours!

On the sleeper bus from Goa to Mumbai, very cosy !

It was a long journey and instead of being really bumpy like the previous bus, we payed extra to guarantee a bus with air suspension but instead of us bouncing up and down the whole way we felt as if we were on a boat swaying from side to side.

Charly relaxing on the sleeper bus

Note to anyone travelling in India: - always take the train if possible, it is so much smoother a ride and in fact cheaper!

written by  chrischarly on December 20, 2010 from Pernem, India
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Our first sleeper train.......very long !

Still our first sleeper train....still very long !

The moon at sunset taken from the train

Then after a little wait we got onto a sleeper train to take us to Jaipur where we will be spending Christmas with an Indian family!

written by  chrischarly on December 21, 2010 from Mumbai, India
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The bustling streets of Jaipur

Chaotic traffic

Our first proper long stay in a city- Jaipur

After a really smooth train journey where we both slept solidly for more than 10 hours we arrived safely in Jaipur! It was a very comfortable train journey that was very quiet and it hardly felt as if we were moving!

A straight to the point sign!

Amber palace over-looking Jaipur city

Jaipur is a huge bustling city full of character and life yet so far doesn't seem as chaotic and polluted as Mumbai which is a relief!

Oytside our home in Jaipur

Cows in the middle of the highway

Massive monkeys taking over an Indian home

We managed to find Sanjay's and Annu's place quite easily about 9km away on the outskirts of the city and we were delighted with the warm and hospitable reception we recieved straight away.

Making us feel like home by having a tree although we're living with a Hindu family

Our Indian Christmas tree

Annu, Sanjay and Me after we finished decorating the tree

Think it will be a great Chrismas here.

written by  chrischarly on December 22, 2010 from Surat, India
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Entrance to Hawa Mahal

Hawa Mahal from street

Inside Hawa Mahal

View from top of Hawa Mahal

Chris posing for the Indians to take photos of him!

Me and a little Indian girl

Top of Hawa Mahal

A pedal rick-shaw! What a work-out!

Today we took a walk around Jaipur nick-named 'The Pink City as the majority of the building are painted pink.

Touching the top of the palace

Hawa Mahal

Entering the Hawa Mahal

Jantar-Mantar, very old astrology/astronomy centre

Rubbish just dumped in a beautiful place

Jantar-Mantar, very old astrology/astronomy centre

Entrance to the City Palace was 300rps each!

So instead we took these 2 photos off of post-cards to pretend we saw it!

We went exploring a little to see some of the sights on offer.

written by  chrischarly on December 23, 2010 from Jaipur, India
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Chris and Charly at Amber Palace

Amber Palace

I think he is leaning away ?!

Chris sitting right at front of bus on way to Amber Palace

Elephant taxi at Amber Palace

Charly getting up close and personal with elephant taxi at Amber Palace

Today we went for another walk around Jaipur going to The Amber Fort and The Water Palace.

A clear day where we can see for miles

View from Amber Palace

View within Amber Palace

View of Nargarh Fort from Amber Palace

We had again a fantastic day but doing a great deal of walking so we were exhausted!

Water Palace Jaipur

The Gorgeous Water Palace in Jaipur

Fish in the Water Palace lake

Then later as it's Christmas Eve we played Father Christmas and sneaked out once everyone had gone to bed at midnight to put some Christmas presents under the tree.

written by  chrischarly on December 24, 2010 from Jaipur, India
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Our Christmas tree stacked with presents!!!

It was so lovely being woken up bright and early by the little girl all excited to discover that Father Christmas has been and delivered presents in India!

Anu, Lakshita and Sanyay on Christmas morning

Anu and Lakshita opening pressies

Chris' Christmas pressie

Although we are staying with a Hindu family; they did everything in their power to ensure that we felt at home by making an extra special effort to make Christmas perfect which was lovely.

A parade for a famous Hindi priest

A parade for a famous Hindi priest

A parade for a famous Hindi priest

A parade for a famous Hindi priest

Is that guy carrying horse hair?

For Christmas lunch we had the traditional meal of pasta with chips made by Chris and for dinner we had tradtional Indian food made by Anu... Delicious!

Sanjay flying a kite

Sanjay fixing a new kite

Charly in her new Punjabi Suit

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

written by  chrischarly on December 25, 2010 from Jaipur, India
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