Conscious we’re getting older and unwiser, its time to commit to 2026 plans! Trips we fancy this year:- Thats the trips, but after the last year or so we need to focus a bit more on heath and trying to get Mel back to some level of stability. So lots…
Another year gone…. And have had a couple of people email us for proof of life as no updates here. Well, both here still, and fact is when we started DYD as our diary, internet and blogging was vv new and we had huge interest and following. Now, meh, everyone…
Oops. Yes, we’ve been emailed and asked if we’re still going as not updated this site in a couple of years and its now 2025! Sorry! But the core reason is when we started this site back in 2008 when the internet was still black & white not many people…
Its tough to give a summary which readers could use for their benefit, as a lot depends on your expectations. If you are an experienced traveller then you will understand and accept the differences in India, whereas holidaymakers would be appalled. So you need to align your expectations. For us,…
The following morning after a 5hr drive we are dropped off at Felix Homestay on Marai Beach and left alone. Felt great as we are used to being free backpackers – so having nothing much organised is rather nice! The beach is the cleanest we’ve seen in India, not very…
As mentioned, we’d booked a bespoke tour from someone on the internet and paid a deposit to what appeared to be a personal account. They answered all our questions and tuned it to what we wanted, but even so we were not entirely sure the company was genuine! However, the…
To be fair, it’ll be dull if I just go through all the places we went to and what we saw – and frankly there were too many and I’ve forgotten most of it already. But if interested the route and details are covered in https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/trips/classic-run/ and covered southern India…
Fortunately we were able to blag a lift from my parents to Heathrow T5, something we vowed never to do as driving around Heathrow isn’t great. But, on boxing day in low traffic, and to T5, it was really rather simple and easy access. Perfect! So pre-paid our £5 drop…
India. Hmmm. After visiting Delhi for work back in 2007, India never really appealed to visit so never appeared on the agenda. I recall it being very uncomfortable, lots of begging, kids, dirt and just not a very nice and comfortable experience. Whether this was down to it being a…
On our recent Rickshaw Challenge in India, one of the trio from the USA compiled this great video that shows what we all saw on our drive. We are in it a few times, and this video is better than I could knock up! As they had three teams they…