A set of glittery, bejewelled Eiffel towers at the back of a pickup truck – where else would you expect such a sight except possibly in Jaipur, the city of gems? We had just entered …
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Flying kites – sunset fun in Jaipur
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Not only tigers – meeting leopards in India
Everyone knows that there are tigers in India, not so many anymore, alas, but still. There are also leopards, a population that is threatened and protected, but which counts rather much higher numbers than the …
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Down to earth
Down to earth - a hot air ballon landing on farmlands near Jaipur, Rajasthan
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Up up and away
Quite a few people in villages outside Jaipur in Rajasthan, India, had two hot air balloons flying very low over their homes on a chilly February morning and I was in one of them. This …
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National Highway 3
My driver was an incredibly calm driver for being an Indian. He hardly every honked, he used the blinkers, he stuck to the speed limit and he didn’t seem to be at all irritated with …