OK - the bad news. Always start with the bad news. Last nigh we went in search of a rumoured, and much anticipated, Karaoke night. Alas, the hear say was not true, and instead we were met with an empty air conditioned room, with more staff than people. Boo! It seems I will have to make do with singing in the shower for another day. The good news though - and good may be something of an understatement, and serves to completely cancel out the bad news - we are ...

Namaste! We have arrived back in Mumbai - our last port of call in India. Dand and spent a romantic night in our room last night, and watched a wide range of movies on HBO - the only English channel on the TV. It seems the last few days had taken their toll, and we couldn't even be bothered to go out for dinner. (Actually the truth is we were watching an animated film called 'Open Season' and didn't want to miss the end! I recommend it.) Fortunately for us thou...

OK - I feel like I have an apology to make. Yesterday's entry was rubbish, the heat was no excuse, and I'm sorry. I hope I haven't lost my audience because of my selfishness, and I will do my best to make it up to you! So, about those caves. As I said there were 34 in total. We had to drive about 54km in a rickshaw along mountain roads to reach Ellora, and on the way took in a few oher sites. One was a temple that was displaying a shroud, apparently worn by th...

It's hot - really really hot. And today is the day we decided to stroll around 34 caves carved into the side of a mountain - good times! And it really was. These caves, The Ellora, were carved around 400AD by Buddhist monks, and are so intricate and detailed you have to wonder how exactly they did it. They had temples in them, and intrictae carvings the Taj would be proud of. Some were a little more bare than others, but most were very impressive, if for not th...

Of course we did! (The driver was heavily rewarded) Although a little bit of me wished we hadn't. The train was not nice. We had to have a regular 2nd Class ticket - bleugh - and it showed. It was hot, and only a few fans were available to cool down the full carriage. There was no room, and Dan and I were touching sweaty elbows the whole way, and worse still, a creamy sticky substance was dripping on me from someones bag above once we set off. I was not amused, ...