So the start of my final day in India, had breakfast and then said goodbye to Rachel, Louise, Liz and Ange. Had a lovely day, Kathy, Nathan and I took a trip to Ghandi's house and walked round properly, what an amazing place. Although there were quite a few people about it still felt very quiet, serene and calming. A thought provoking couple of hours, what an amazing man, so glad we took the opportunity to return. Seems ironic that for all he stood for, opposite...

Up early today for our 6 hour bus ride back to Delhi, rained today and a lot cooler, which was nice. Can't wait to start walking again, fed up of sitting down, at this rate I will be the size of a house!! Arrived back to our hotel at 12.30, had a shower and changed ready to go to Connaught Place, which is basically a big shopping centre. First wonderful surprise of the afternoon was the Metro. Wow, its like a whole new world below the streets of Delhi. Clea...

Started today with a walk to the local village and a tour round one of their Havelis (mansions). Inside the walls, it has a number of courtyards and rooms off this. Every wall is painted with scenes of Hindu mythology, flowers and modern inventions including cars and trains (European influence) Following this we went to the local bizarre for a brief walk, before returning to the hotel and finding another reason I would have loved to stay longer, namely the resi...

Still on a high from yesterday evening!! What a great match and atmosphere!! Unfortunately we were unable to take our cameras (told it would get confiscated, although everyone and their dog managed to bring one in!) Did meet a Kiwi lady who will hopefully email the pics she took....... This morning off to the Amber Palace, ancient capital of the Kachhawaha Rajputs, who gave their loyalty to Mogul overlords (don't you know) This is probably my favourite of the man...

Started the day with a trip to Jantar Manter, (great name, let alone anything else), an astronomical observatory built by the cities founder, Jai Singh. Pretty impressive place, will have to wait for the pics to see!! We were then taken to the city palace, once home of the Maharaja, where we saw some of his outfits (pretty big chap!), weapons his cavalry used to use - some pretty nasty stuff, and the throne room (no, not the toilet). Learnt a few interesting fac...