18 months of a “needs some work” house have passed, have we completed everything we wanted to? No? Are we surprised? No! Home ownership is wonderful but also a challenge as well, one which requires quite a bit of effort unless you have buckets of money to throw at it. As ever, life does tend to get in the way and we’ve found that this year more than most. I’d love to say it was because we’ve spent a lot…
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Udaipur is in no doubt in India, there is traffic, there are people, there is something happening everywhere you turn. But, for us it was a little piece of relaxation within the chaos of Northern India. After spending a few days in Delhi and catching our first overnight train we were ready for a slightly slower pace. Known as the city of lakes, Udaipur is surrounded by seven different lakes and you can see the water from most places in…
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India is a huge country with a colourful history and colourful cities. It can be overwhelming and inspirational and challenging. For us India takes time to understand, 2 weeks is not enough and one part of the country doesn’t give you the whole picture. Our short snapshot of the state of Rajasthan began as it ended in Delhi. We flew into India on 9th March 2019, at the time there was unrest in the areas close to the Pakistan border…
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Life has changed somewhat in the last 18 months, as it has for pretty much everyone. With our freedoms to travel restricted due to that pesky Covid-19 we found ourselves looking inward and considering if our HQ, our home, was what and where we wanted it to be. Long story short, no it wasn’t and we quickly decided we want to make a change. Both our hearts lie in the small city of Chichester on the south coast of the…
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We went to Rajasthan in India back in 2019, it was a wonderful experience but one that has taken some time to process. India is a difficult place with complicated social and historical challenges but it is filled with architecture, people and food. I had previously never wanted to travel to India, it wasn’t a place I want interested in. It seemed stereotypical and somewhere you go and meander through for months at a time. But what you very quickly…
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