Monday, May 28, 2012 at 12:58PM In the West it’s a common known fact that in East Asian cultures are renowned for eating almost anything, literally anything, and even before this trip began I knew we would try lots of new foods and delicacies but I also knew there was a line I would not cross.
by Fran in China, Food & Drink Monday, May 28, 2012 at 12:44PM It had been almost 7 years to the day since I first set foot in China and Beijing with my friend James. At that time we were going to embark on the Trans-Mongolian railway train journey. This time it was going to be a different journey through China.
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 12:43PM Today we left the chaos of India behind and headed into the land of communism! In India the streets are where life happens. It is here that people eat, sleep, run their businesses, sell their goods and live happy lives. There is no order, no organization and certainly no cleanliness! But despite the madness, the streets of India are fascinating and provide endless hours of entertainment! It is often hard to focus on one thing when walking the streets in India because there are so many things happening.
by Stephanie in China, India Monday, May 28, 2012 at 12:38PM As our travels were extensive and spanned the entire length of the country we thought we would share with you a map of our journey!
by Stephanie in India, Travel Friday, May 25, 2012 at 04:45AM Other than Fran, I don’t think that I have ever met or heard of anyone traveling to India without getting sick to some degree! And because of this we were given hundreds of warnings about eating street food, drinking the water and overall hygiene for our visit. For me the thought of getting ill was unsettling and Fran like always remained calm and assured me we would be fine so into India we went!
by Stephanie in Food & Drink, India Friday, May 25, 2012 at 04:44AM Like most places we have been too there are so many differences in interpretation in things we see and also very different expectations of what is the norm. India often provides endless hours of entertainment of the sites and sounds of life passing you by. Below are some of my favourite scenes of moments that I managed to catch on camera.
Friday, May 25, 2012 at 04:42AM After a couple of days in India we decided to do a tally of the record number of people and things that we saw on the variety of small vehicles that are on the roads in India, you would be amazed by what was carried in all sorts of ways, we were.
Friday, May 25, 2012 at 04:41AM I have been to India 4 times now over the last 7 years, for approximately 4 months and I have never seen a McDonalds. Now it’s no secret that every now and then we have ourselves a guilty pleasure and we dive in for a cheeky double cheese burger to calm the cravings for Beef.
by Fran in Food & Drink, India Friday, May 25, 2012 at 04:39AM As we made our way through India we had all of our senses assaulted in all sorts of ways, for the most part great on the odd occasion bad.
Friday, May 25, 2012 at 04:38AM I honestly don’t know what it is about traditional henna but I am in love with it!! Perhaps I have secretly always wanted a tattoo but can’t possibly see myself liking something forever or maybe it is because it is so different from anything I have ever seen before but whatever it is I am obsessed!!
by Stephanie in India 
