So, GOA had been officially done. It was a lovely place, very green, chilled and laid back but also very dam wet. We arrived in the evening after a 12 hour train journey from Mumbai, it was of course pouring down with rain at this point. We shared a taxi with a couple we met on the train, Christine and Daniel, a nice couple over from Irealnd doing a few months in India. We arrived at the guest house and got our room sorted, it was a bit smelly (damp) and not com...

Right, a quick flight in the RAIN! and we arrive in the capital. A visit to the pre paid taxi counter and we are on our way through the madness of Delhi. We decided to jump out at the first place we recognised from the bible (lonely planet) called main bazar. Tired and wanting a rest we fall upon the Vivek hotel. Nice and central so we check in and head out on the hunt for food. Over a plate of yes, more veg we catch sight of the local news.... ' 8 bombs go off...

Soooooo.... What can we say about Mumbai? Dirty, busy, wet and very very humid. This is a place you all need to experience to realise just how lucky some of us are. Our first day was spent trying to get our bearings while being constantly looked at by the locals (not many tourists around), to be fair it wasnt that hard, streets are fairly straight and run up and down and unless you really had no sense of direction at all, you'd be fine. The time came for us to h...

Hi everyone, Just thought we'd put a quick note up to say we got to Mumbai ok. This place is so so so humid its unreal. We are here for a couple of days so we'll upload more stuff then. Our plan at the moment is to head north and do the golden triangle..... Speak to you in a couple if days! D & S