After nearly being scammed by some local con artist insistent my train was delayed by 9 hours I eventually boarded my 14 hour overnight train to Varanasi. From therein it was pretty uneventful, I exchanged pleasantries with a few people, annoyed a small family because I refused to swap seats so they could all sit together. No way was I moving 2 carriages away so some spoilt 18 year old could sit with his mummy and daddy! Make a prayer/begging gesture at me all yo...

My last full day in Delhi was a kind of non starter, I'd already decided I didn't want to eat into my already dwindling budget and would relax, read a little, contact a few back home and go for a meal on the evening. After a good 6-7 months I finally faltered in my quest for a beard, it is gone! I look like a completely different person. It was fun while it lasted. Before I knew it, it was 4:15pm and I hadn't eaten a thing, nor had I drank anything. Not very w...

My last day in Agra was a quiet one, having visited the Taj Mahal I didn't want to spend too much time, and more importantly money, traipsing around some nondescript forts and museums just for the sake of it. Agra is known for two things, that's Going to The Taj Mahal, and viewing the Taj Mahal from the Yamuna river directly behind it! Quite simply....Agra is the Taj! I lounged around all morning and didn't venture out until early afternoon. I requested the rick...

My final morning in Japiur was a short one, after some toast and a drink I headed for the station. I stocked up on water and boarded. A much shorter journey than previously I simply read a book and considered my plans for the evening. Once in Agra I had to put a move on if I wanted to enter the grounds of the Taj, the last entry was at roughly 6 and the fact it is closed on Friday meant this would be my only option. After a pit-stop at my less than impressive gue...

Annoyingly I got woken up by the over eager guy in reception asking to have a look at my iPhone 4s again, we reached a stalemate yesterday as he offered me £135, I'm holding out for £140+ After a few rounds of toast I met my driver for the day, Khan and I head off in his affectionately named rickshaw - "Ferrari Roché". First stop, The Royal Albert Museum. A small museum, better kept than the previous places I have visited in Udaipur, with a few interesting ar...