Hi! Straight after I wrote my last entry Pauline, Sara, Maureen and I (“the girls”) took a taxi to the Tiger Fort so watch the sun set. When we got there the taxi drivers told us that the Fort was closed – we thought that they were just wanting to go back because it is a normal touristy thing to do so we ignored them (it turned out that the message was lost in translation – the Fort was actually closed but the tower that you watch the sunset from wasn’...

Hi! Straight after I wrote my last entry I went to the Taj Mahal again - OMG I had my photo taken so many times with Indian people, seriously they couldn't get enough of me.....ha ha!! The next day we had to get up at 4 am (yes 4am whlist on holiday!) to get a train to Jaipur. We were supposed to be going to a small village somewhere in between Agra and Jaipur but because of a protest and road blockages it would have taken far too long to get there so instead w...

Hi there! We left Agra on Friday afternoon and arrived in Delhi by train in the early evening (no upgrades this time!). Delhi is a massive place with lots of extremes e.g. rich/poor, clean/dirty, hot/cold. One minute you are going down a neat, highway with well kept verges, then you turn onto a road where people are living tents made of plastic sheeting and wooden posts. I've seen families living on the islands between carrageways on roads! It's crazy (I think ...

Hello! I'm in Agra today but an writing my blog about Orchha and Agra. From Varanasi we caught the over night train to a town/city near Orchha. The train would have been reasonably comfortable had I not suddenly developed a dodgy tummy! As you might imagine: (Train + squat toilet) x 15 hours = not good Anyway I got through it and am all fine now! We got a tuk tuk to our "heritage" hotel. A Heritage hotel in India generally means that the hotel use...

Namaste! I made it to India! Yippee! After my flight from Newcastle to Heathrow was cancelled I took the train down to London - I made the flight just in the nick of time! Once on the flight the first thing I did was spill my drink down myself (typical!), but luckily had a change of clothes so all as fine. After going through customs in Delhi airport the first thing I did was try and find an ATM - I found 2 but neither of them appeared to work. I had to get to ...