Arrived in Fort Kotchin in the afternoon and checked into hotel Fort castle. My room was on the ground floor and was a bit smelly and mouldy! Went for lunch at cafe Loafers which was round the corner. Has a really tasty sandwich! I also noticed that the bread is really sweet down south, kind of like cake! After lunch I explored the small little town, it was very touristy here, more like a family destination. I then walked along the seafront for ages. It was a w...

As our train was super late we missed out on a lot of the day. We had to play catch up so was up early the next day for our sunrise boat tour on the Ganges. We got tuk tuks from the hotel (Hotel Pradeep) which took us to the famous Ganges. It was still dark but as we arrived at the water side, it was breathtakingly beautiful. The water was so calm and still and there were fishing boats out and a lot of people bathing themselves in the water. We mounted the sma...

We ended up spending the whole morning, day and night on this train. It was only suppose to take 8 hours and ended up taking 16!! Girri said that this train they always have trouble with! I ended up eating biscuits all day and then bought a curry for lunch. We all had our own sleeper beds which was handy so there was plenty of space. I was lucky as I was on the side where there were two beds and not three, this meant I had more room above my head. We eventually...

Today we all got a lie in and then went for lunch at an amazing place in Agra called Sheroes. It was a cafe that was run by women acid attack survivors. It was ever so sad, most of the women had been attacked by family members. Some stories was because one lady gave birth to a girl and another was by her own mother and one by an abusive husband. They set up this charity so that they had a community where they could all blossom and be happy! The food was good her...

We left Jaipur early and got a train to Agra which took roughly 5 hours. It was the best train I had been on so far, it was an express train. You get given food throughout the journey which didn’t taste too bad. Although I did leave the curry as I didn’t want a bad tummy that early in the morning! We finally arrived in Agra and went straight to our hotel, Amaryatri Niwas. Very comfortable hotel with nice rooms. We had a short time to freshen up before makin...