Shimla was an English settement during the times the English reigned India. To escape the heat from the plains they created a settlement high up in the foothills of the Himalaya. Yes, Shimla has still an overwhelming English touch to…

-Hello there, may i ask you a question? -Yeah why not. -What is the purpose of your journey? -Well, we are travelling for a charity fund called SOS Children’s Villages and are on our way to China. We hope to…

We left Shimla early in order to make it to rishikesh before dark. Driving, specifically in the Indian Himalayas is tiring. The roads are narrow (mostly just one lane), in a bad condition and winding all the time making driving…

Rishikesh, the village of the spiritual searchers, strange locals, weirdo travellers, yoga fanatics and The Ganges River. In Rishikesh you don’t need to be entertained to have a good time. Just walk on the streets, look at all these people,…

Rishikesh is the place to sit back, relax and contemplate about all the impressions we have seen so far. We felt we needed a break as we had seen so much already. Left overs from the Romanian Empire, Greek ancient…

As the Yoga lessons in the afternoon were ‘women only’, filming Elles during her yogaclass was out of the question. But after three consequetive days we managed to win the heart of the lovely instructor and could film all the…

Eventually all travellers, even the ones that come to India for business, will end up with something, ranging from stomach cramps to some sort of infection. Most of them have diarrea in all sorts and shapes. We have been lucky…

Driving in India causes stress. We can easily say that in terms of driving and road conditions India is the most uncivilised country we have driven in. A few examples: -Cows and other animals roam the streets undisturbed -The more…

When we wake up we notice that the weathergods turned against us! We ask reception and they tell us that India has one of the worst monsoons this year. ‘The monsoon should have stopped a long time ago’, they say.…

We left Agra due to the continues bad weather and headed to Varanasi. It would be a two day drive on reasonable roads, we were told. But as we left Agra we noticed immediately that the monsoon had caused major…