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India is a beautiful country that has a really rich culture. The food is delicious and varies so much all over the country, as does the way of life. Everyone is very friendly and welcoming and we want to go back! The country has such a deep history and the beautiful palaces and forts are…

We were in Mumbai for 2 weeks, and we had loads of fun there! It was really hot, so it was really nice after Amritsar, which was quite cold. We went on so many Rickshaws, which were super cool; they could weave through the traffic that was sprawled (without any lanes) across the road. In…

After south Mumbai we went to Tadoba to see the tigers. To get there, we went on a sleeper train! The bunks worked as both seats and beds, so we sat on them until night, when we made them into beds. We didn’t sleep much because the train was very jerky but it was still…

We went to South Mumbai after Amritsar. Mumbai is also sometimes called Bombay, which is the word the British used for it when they colonized the country; Bombay means ‘good bay’ in Portuguese. The name might have come from when the Portuguese originaly traded there. We stayed here for a few days and we walked…

We came to Tadoba after South Mumbai; it is a tiger safari park and we went on an incredible tiger safari there. We saw 8 tigers in our 4 days there, which is a lot! They are so beautiful, stealthy and elegant. It was so fun racing along the bumpy track to try and find…

Delhi, the capital of India, is a beautiful city crowded with parks, monuments and ancient buildings. We stayed in an incredible hotel called the Imperial! On our first day, we went to see the Lotus Temple; the Lotus Temple is shaped like a lotus and is a temple of the Baha’i religion. This is a…

Fatehpur Sikkri Fatehpur Sikri is a small city built by Mughal Emperor Akbar. It took 14 – 15 years to build yet it was only occupied for ~ 10 years. The reason Akbar built this city and shifted his capital to it was that the Sufi Saint Salim Chishti (his guru) lived in the area…

I had been looking forward to going to the Taj Mahal for ages! When I woke up on the morning that we were going to it I was SO excited! In the car anticipation quivered. When we got there we stood in the precise centre of an ornately inlaid and carved gate and saw a…

We stayed in Pemuteran, Bali for 5 days; a seaside village with mangroves on many of the shorelines. We went on a ferry to get there from Java. It is a lovely setting with nature enveloping you from every side. We went snorkelling, kayaking and on nature walks. I also did a cooking class and…

Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan and was our last stop there. Here we did a mix of cultural activities and sightseeing. Me and my brother did a block printing workshop; we decorated pillowcases by stamping carved wooden blocks into colour pads and then imprinting it onto the pillowcase. It was super fun!! We also…