Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: March 18, 2009
Guess what, I was ill again in Jaipur so didn’t do much. Had to take some antibiotics. I also missed my overnight train to Jaisalmer as I didn’t feel up to it.
Having lost another day, I didn’t feel like heading further away from Mumbai so decided to go to Ajmer instead where I saw an [...]
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: March 13, 2009
Well despite 2 attempts, I didn’t get to see much else in Agra:
Firstly the taxi driver who took me to the station spent the whole journey persuading me to let him take me for a tour of the other sights (the Taj Mahal was walking distance from my hotel), but then didn’t turn up. [...]
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: March 11, 2009
Went to the Taj Mahal this morning, just after sunrise. Very nice.
Today is the Holi festival which involves throwing dye at each other. I’m staying indoors. Got hit with a pre-Holi water bomb in Delhi, but thankfully no dye.
Tomorrow I go to Jaipur, in Rajestan.
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: March 8, 2009
Just arrived in Delhi. Sorry about the lack of bloggage recently – lack of internet access when not rushing around.
Plan to go to Agra (Taj Mahal) then visit a few places in Rajestan on the way down to Mumbai for my fligh home no March 25th…. Eek.
Anyway, I’ll post this while the computer’s still [...]
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: February 8, 2009
Now in Bangkok and surrounds – not sure where next…
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: February 6, 2009
Sukkhothai ruins were very nice, some of them quite well preserved / restored. But they’re in a park somewhere out of town, that you have to pay for and take a half-hour “bus” or taxi ride.
Rode around the park on a bicycle.
Tomorrow I plan to go to Bangkok. Not sure whether to get [...]
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: February 5, 2009
I decided to go to Sukkhothai, the old old capital of Thailand.
So far I don’t like New Sukkhothai too much, but apparently the ruins (Which are outside the new city, unlike Ayuthhaya where I was 10 minutes walk away from most of them) are great.
I tried to get to the TR guesthouse, but [...]
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: February 4, 2009
Today I did my cooking course, finally.
I made spring rolls with sweet peanut dipping sauce, Khao Soi (curry soup with noodles) and something I’ve forgotten the name of which was rice flour balls coloured with crushed vegetables, boiled then served in sweetened coconut milk with a poached egg… That was dessert.
Still not [...]
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: February 3, 2009
Looks like my bug was 48hr thing, had a big sleep and feel much better today.
I think I will stay here a couple more days and try to do a cookery course, then not sure if I’ll go back to Bangkok for a while or continue in the North.
Posted by: jetstreamjitterbug on: February 2, 2009
Well I’m still in Chiang Mai. I decided I needed a few days rest, as I was still feeling a bit run down. So I just explored the city on foot and bicycle and read books.
Then on Saturday I was feeling a little more energetic, so I went on “Flight of the gibbon” [...]
