Postcard Scribbles

Notes from travels far and wide

Tagged: Asia

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Pokhara

Pokhara is a lakeside town situated near the Annapurna range, where we would be trekking. It seemed a quiet town to leave, but morphed into a hub of civilisation upon our return from the...

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Trekking in the Himalayas

Nepal was not on our original travel list, but it is such a short hop away from India, it was too hard to resist. After some research, we decided on a trek in the...

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New Delhi

We stayed in Delhi three times over the course of our trip. We did A LOT! It started with a clothes trade show with cat walk parade. We met some of Leaflace’s closest work...

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Udaipur

We took a rather civilised train ride from Jaipur to reach Udaipur, the ‘Venice of India’!  We’ve not been to the Italian parallel, but Udaipur was wonderful. It has two large lakes which have...

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Jaipur

We passed some large, densely populated slums on our way into Jaipur, so we were not sure what to expect on our arrival. It ended up being the city which really encompassed what we...

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Fatehpur Sikri

Halfway through a misty drive from Agra to Jaipur, we stopped at Fatehpur Sikri, an old fort complex which was deserted many years ago. We took a tuk tuk to the entrance, and had...

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Agra

We were excited to enter Agra on its bumpy roads of mayhem, just minutes after exiting the clean open toll roads from New Delhi. The busy city was full of people, rickshaws, traders, cows,...

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Chilled out India- Kerala

After reuniting with Sophie’s parents and enjoying a few days in Delhi (post to follow), the four of us hopped on a plane southwards to the hot beaches of Kerala. This region of India...

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Hanoi

We stayed in a small hotel, tucked away in Hanoi’s Old quarter, and this was our favourite part of the city. Narrow streets crammed with stores, Ladies carrying their wares, street cafés taking over...

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Halong Bay

Another UNESCO site on our big trip, this was one that we had actually heard of, and we were looking forward to seeing! With it being mid-winter, the usually jam-packed destination was relatively quiet....