We arrived in Chitwan national park the home to the endangered Tigers and Rhino. Chitwan is a really chilled out area and a lot more touristy than anywhere we had been. We hadn't really seen any other westerners since we had been in India but there were quite a few here in Nepal and a lot of western food on the menu and also beer. Beer is often sold in India but you will rarely find it actually on the menu. Chitwan is home to the Chitwan national park which is a...

We arrived in Varanasi yesterday, this is one of the oldest cities there is. It is a very holy city and many religious ceremonies take place here. We went to see one of the Hindu ceremonies yesterday by the river they take place in the ghats are there are many different ones in the City. Today we went to see the place where Buddha did his first preaching and the tree still stands there from where he stood. We also went to the temple there and it depicted on the w...

We travelled by train to Allahabad where we got a boat to travel down the Ganges. At the train station abut 50 people crowded around us and stared at us all for about half an hour which I found very strange and in the end our tour leader had to tell them to get back because they were getting so close and just staring open mouthed! They were all men of course, that area does get a fair few tourists but I think its a major culture difference they don't think its ru...

Hi everyone, we travelled from Gwalior yesterday on a local bus for 3 hours to Orchha, it was an interesting journey no air con and squashed up together in 35+ heat, but I'm getting used to it, we were a spectacle for most of the Indian people especially in the stop overs in the villages. They all wanted to take our Photos! It is beautiful here in Orchaa, it is by the Betwa River which is big and most importantly clean! We are staying in little cottages. Today we...

Our last day in Orchha was really good. We visited a school that was funded by charitable donations for the poorer children in the villages whose parents don't believe in education, the children were all so well behaved and they were given meals as we were told they often did not have enough food at home and were made to work from an early age. One of the conditions of then being in the school was that the children did not work. The school was set up by a lady na...