This morning we had a veritable lie-in, as our wake-up call wasn’t until 8.00am. We therefore got ourselves ready and went for a leisurely breakfast along the scented hotel corridors. One thing we’d noticed about the hotels we’d stayed in; they seemed to have a lot of oil-burners and incense sticks around, leading to a…
Tyger! Tyger! burning brightIn the forests of the night.What immortal hand or eyeCould frame thy fearful symmetry? William Blake The early morning phone call shattered the silence once again at 05:45am and we tiredly rose and went about our business, getting washed and dressed and along to reception in time for coffee and biscuits. The…
We were awake before our early alarm call this morning at 05:45am, and we got washed and dressed and made our way to the hotel foyer where there was hot coffee, tea and biscuits on offer. We would not get our breakfast until after our safari. Everyone was in a suppressed state of excitement at…
This morning our wake-up call came at 7.30am so that we’d be packed up and ready to go after breakfast by nine o’clock. We were on the move again today, but our first stop this morning was to Fatehpur Sikri. As ever we battled our way through the frenetic streets, marvelling at the diversity of…
We had always heard that the best time to view the inimitable, world-famous Taj Mahal was at dawn, just as the sun was rising. However, our guide Peter told us that he’d seen the Taj at different times of the day and it didn’t look any different. Therefore our wake-up call this morning came at…
It was with a start that we woke up to the ringing of the bedside phone this morning as we answered our 6.30am wake-up call. It was already light outside, so we washed and dressed and packed our cases once again, leaving them outside our door before we went to the garden terrace in the…
We woke up this morning with the usual excited anticipation of another long-haul flight to the exotic east – this time, a tour of India. We had booked this trip over a year ago and couldn’t believe the day had come at last. 🙂 Our private car to the airport was not due to arrive…
Wednesday, 21st May 2014 So… we got up this morning and I had a good long shower, washed and blow dried my hair and rummaged through my case for my cleanest clothes. We had a long, long couple of days ahead and goodness knows when I’d next be able to get a wash. Then we…
This morning we started the day off with a half-day tour of the very interesting town and region of Cuzco. It was also Stephen’s birthday, so he was spending it in some very unusual surroundings. 🙂 The bus set off, complete with local guide Arturo and the ever-present Rosario, who had proved to be…
Ah… what can one say about Machu Picchu? No serious visit to Peru is complete without a trip to see this latter-day Wonder of the World, as it was voted in 2007. It was another early start for us this morning, but everyone at breakfast was wide-awake and in a suppressed state of anticipation. We…
