Category: India and Nepal 1986

Situated near the Imperial Hotel, the Jantar Mantar is an astronomical observatory built in the 18th century by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur. Apparently...

Although by 1986 both Nicky and I had travelled in Europe and North America, India and Nepal was a more exotic destination for us. I...

Humayun’s Tomb: The tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun is now a World Heritage Site. Built in 1569-1570 it was one of the the first garden...

The Qutub Minar complex of monuments are some distance to the south of New Delhi so I think we must have visited them during a...

The “Pink City Express” train left Delhi station at 0550am. In 1986 India Railways were still using steam engines. On the station platforms, people were...

On the morning of Sunday 9th February it was wet. All the time we were at the Narain Niwas Hotel there were these two guys...

With my meeting in Delhi over, on Saturday 15th February we flew on Royal Nepal Airlines to Katmandu. Formalities at Katmandu airport, and transfer into...

On the Monday (17th February) we took a bus to Bhaktapur. Built in 1707 the pagoda style Nyatapola Temple is the only building in Bhaktapur...

On Wednesday afternoon we were picked up by an Everest Travel Service minibus to be taken up to Nagarkot Ridge from which it is possible to...