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...

Up bright and early to make sure we made the most of our only full day in Jaipur. First stop was the railway station where we bought a ticket from Ajmer (the nearest train station to our next destination, Pushkar) to Udaipur. We then headed to a recommended travel agent to book our bus from Jaipur to Pushkar. Afterwards we had our first experience of a cycle rickshaw, which was more comfortable than expected, except for the bumps when riding over the potholes i...

Woke up early to the prayers calls from a nearby mosque and headed to the Taj Mahal for 6am to watch the sunrise. The Taj is an amazing structure and the whole site is so peaceful and spiritual, even with the amount of people visiting! We sat in full vie of the Taj for around an hour as the sun rose above it. Unfortunately there was still a hazy atmsphere and although it was beautiful we felt slightly cheated! After walking round for a couple of hours and takin...

Out of bed by 4.45am this moring! That's right, the middle of the night! Left the room about 5.30am and woke the manager (he was only sleeping behind the counter, didn't actually get himout of bed!) to check out of Hotel Smyle, before our most peaceful walk down Main Bazar! It was still dark and all the shops and market stalls were shut (good for Sarah's lack of will-power - she'd been eyeing up a pashmina!) and we only got asked for a rickshaw ride about twic...