Travel Tales of Molly and Monty
So while we were in Yangon, Myanmar we did few touristi things like others. One is to get the circular train ride in the local Yangon train on 15 June 2015. It was a wet day so it made it nice and cool. The highlight of the evening was this sticker sign in the train. Do you find it funny too?
Here is us MnM visiting the The Great Wall of China on 19 June 2015 .
Route – Hanoi to Saigon
Days – 26
Dates – 24 March to 18 March
On the last day, riding 300 km from Dalat to Saigon, we completed our 2300 km+ road trip from Hanoi to Saigon. We arrived in Saigon and crashed in a restaurant to have our lunch/dinner & few beers. It was a wonderful experience to spend the last 26 days on road (more or less) on our bikes. It took us across the length of Vietnam, in the mountains, in the valleys, through cities and some rocky terrain. With no bike troubles we were lucky. Read more
We spend 15 days in Malaysia and being monsoon season the east Malaysia we focused on the western coast of Malaysia and visited 4 cities – Kuala Lampur, Penang, Langkawi, Melaka.
Best Bits
+ Free Visa on Arrival for UK Passport Holders (savings on visa fees)
+ Delicious Food
+ Warm weather
+ Good infrastructure
+ English widely spoken Read more
Bus at Kochi Fort
We had a pit stop in Kochi for a day. We chose to stay in a hotel near Kochi International Airport which turned out to be fantastic decision. Hotel Sapphire Inn was 1 km away from the Departure gate of Kochi airport. We Arrived from Bangalore at 10:30 pm and we took an auto which costed INR 30 (£0.30). Read more
Sunset from the Ivory Hotel
It was great catching up with my college mate AB and his wife. It was the first time for both Molly and I to be introduced to Shelly.
Thank you AB for your kindness in beating the mad Bangalore traffic and getting us to the airport on time for our flight, I was not at all nervous. Read more
MnM and our couple friends GKC and PS spent our Christmas long weekend visiting Dandeli, a forest reserve in Northern Karnataka. The drive through the forest was good and we happen to stumble upon a beautiful village on the way, with just 8 houses. After meeting a local family we self invited us forma cup of tea. That was our wish come true. This village man was humble, he had a young daughter and a 3 month old son. The time spent with our friends will be in our memories forever. Here are few pics. Read more
Monty visited temples in/around Dwarka (in Gujarat, India) with mummy along with Somnath temple. Here a few pix. Read more
5 days in BodhGaya
~~ Why Bodhgaya – Background ~~
While booking train tickets to visit Puri in east of India I came across the list of places where the train stops. One of them was Gaya. On mentioning this to my mother there was an instant smile on her face. She wanted to visit Gaya to perform a hindu ceremony. And my interest in Buddhism has longed me to visit Bodhgaya since 2010. It was a perfect deal. So I decided to split our return journey from Puri to Delhi via Gaya. Initially I booked 2 night stay in Bodhgaya but when I found option of living in a monastery I changed the plans and increased the stay to 5 days. Read more
November 2014 : Puri trip for me was a mixed experience. On the positive side I was glad that my mother was satisfied and content on visiting the Jagannath Temple in Puri. That was the whole purpose of the trip anyways – to get mum to visit the 4 Dhaams at 4 corners (direction) in India – this being the first one. Seeing my mum happy and understanding what it means to her was for me the most satisfying thing which makes this trip worth.