After a decent nights sleep even in the humidity of the room we woke up quite early to take our time getting ready before our 12pm check out time. A cold shower seemed to make little difference and we were sweating again before we left the room! We took a taxi across town, to the Colaba area, and to our new (and cheaper - 600 rupees including meals per night!) hotel which is run by the Salvation Army. Our room is big and spacious but the cieling fan seemed to do...

Yesterday was pretty much a chill out day, we did the sights we wanted to in Udaipur Wednesday so we decided to head out for a wonder, through the other bizars, to get to the city centre, find an ATM and generally check it out. We got some friut our way back to the old town, with a brief stop off at another jetty, a bit further down from where we watched the sunset yesterday, where women were doing their washing on the waters edge. We headed back to our hotel via...

Happy Halloween!! Woke up before our alarm today, after the best nights sleep we've had since we've been in India! Left the hotel around 10.00am and headed to the waterfront (Lake Pichola) to enjoy the views and see the Lake Palace Hotel (apparently used for scenes in Octop**** . After a few photos we headed to another temple - Jagdish Temple, which had beautiful carvings, within the marbelled buildings and an extravagant golden shrine of Vishnu. However, th...

Our earliest start yet, 4.00am! Both found it difficult to sleep last night, Sarah - due to the noise from local bars (sounded like a street party!) and Laura - she was convinced that there were lizards and spiders crawling around the room! Our taxi arrived at 5.00am and we headed on the 20 minute trip to Ajmer station and got away without paying for the taxi! Cashback! - You scam us, we scam you! Train left at 6.15am and was once again very comfortable, but ...

Up and at out of the room by 8.15am, checked out of our cell-like room in the Evergreen Hotel, Jaipur and headed for Jai Ambay Travel Agents, where our bus was leaving from. It only took us about 20 minutes, with our 3 stone backpacks (arms going dead from the weight!) so we were there with plenty of time! Phew! The bus arrived about 9.15am to 'board' (due to leave 9.30am), it was more like a mini bus this time, with the smallest boot in the world! Because they...