We're on the way to Rishikesh today. A holy town in the north of India where pilgrims come from all over the world to worship, meditate, practice yoga and relax. The journey from our hotel to the railway station shows the unique signs of Delhi. It's a very individual place like no other I've ever seen. You definitely find yourself completely out of your comfort zone. The on and off smell of urine as you pass through the streets, and the constant coughing and hoc...

The window of the bus ride to Jaipur today clearly gave me a vision of the gap between classes in India. Around one corner lay a man trying to fill his water bottle up from a puddle in the street where pigs are rummaging through the waste, a child squats in a pile of rubbish to do his business, streets are lined with garbage as kids play in empty fields behind it. There are small tents that are perched where I assume many call home, trying to provide their famili...

Today we spent another day sightseeing around Delhi. Being travellers, we decided to go it alone without any tour guides. Here are some experiences I'd like to share in hope of shedding some light on the tourist scams in India. The moment we left our hotel in Connaught place we were approached by a young man. Seemingly kind and considerate he provided us with the location of a tourist office that could help us out. We were assisted by the tourist office and n...

We woke up at 5 am today ready for our journey to Agra. The city that houses the famous Taj Mahal. The streets are quiet and empty which is a far different scene then the night before where lights lit up the streets, crowds of people bought items and sold items, moving out of the way of tooting cars and bikes slowly trying to get through the street. The empty streets still show the aftermath however, with rubbish lining the footpath and stray dogs looking for...

Today we spent the day exploring the southern part of New Delhi. We thought our easiest bet was to hop into an auto rickshaw to the first site that we wanted to see. turns out it wasn't so easy after we make a slight detour to a 'government shop' aka 'go in this shop and buy something so I can get my free coupon'. After the kind Indian men in the shop tried to sell us items such as shawls, jewelry and magic carpets and insist we look at the other 3 levels of th...