On our local bus to Varanassiwe had to stop due to a car crash killing 2 people, illustrating the dangers of the road in India. Back on the bus Sarah had a pack of crisps only 3 weeks out of date, I was so jealous. Arriving at the Hotel Pradeep we ate at the Eden Top restaurant before looking round a market and textiles shop where we all purchased something, even me much to my suprise, later that evening we went to watch the Hindus worship on the River Ganges. Th...

After a mornings travel we arrived at the hotel to a beautiful buffet, only to find 1000 rupees (12.50) had mysteriously disappeared from my possesion. Illustrating the poverty as money is the most important thing to most people over here. In the afternoon we visited the childhood home of Nehru the first prime minister of India, but I think we were the main attraction to the other visitors afterwards we again went to the River Ganges where some of the group went ...

We left Panna National Park at 8 after a rushed breakfast expecting a 7 hour journey by jeep, we arrived 4 hours later to lunch at the hotel 'Tourist Bungalow'. The journey itself was quite bad because they were 2 bad car crashes and there were 2 dead dogs in the road, this brought back the backwardness of the country. In the afternoon we went to Kadamgiri. Kadamgiri is a forested hill surrounded by temples at its base resulting in a 5kn circuit! we walke...

We arrived at lunchtime after a lazy morning and after being shown to our cottages at the Ken River Lodge we went on an open top safari!!Unfortunately we did not see any tigers but we did see monkeys and deer in their natural habitat and the scenery was spectacular. That evening we had a buffet supper which was lovely if not a little predictable, we seem to be getting the same 3 sauces, rice, poppudums and chippatas!!

We left early for Khajuraho, stopping at a paper making factory, a palace and a temple illustrating the Karma Sutra. After lunch in the restaurant opposite our hotel we visited the Western temples which were beautiful and again decorated in the Karma Sutra. Later that evening Jon and I tried to walk abouit the town but we were constantly hassled to buy this and that that we gave up after 10 minutes and after dinner in the same restaurant, we played cards for the ...