Agra 3/3/09 - 5/3/09 We were dubious about leaving Alwar to head for Agra, thinking that it would be very much like Delhi in terms of hustle and bustle, hassle and dirt. Although all these things could be found there, it was nothing compared to our first few crazy days in Delhi. We got a car to take us from Alwar to Agra. It's quite a comfortable way to travel, with the windows down, although this driver did insist on blasting out the Bhangra which got a lit...

Alwar 28/2/09 - 3/3/09 After cancelling our trip to Varanasi, we had to try and decide where we could go instead which would still fit in with the rest of our plans. We had heard about the Sariska Nature Reserve, near Alwar, from the travel agent before we left and thought that we could pay this a visit since it is situated roughly an equal distance between Delhi and Agra. When I told Mr Rashid - the hotel travel information officer who puts on a good display o...

We arrived in New Delhi on 24th February at about 5am. The flight was fine and we were very impressed with the on-flight entertainment! You could choose from about 200 different films and TV shows and music to watch on the touch screen TV on the back of the chair in front of you. Annoyingly, Jane and I were about 10 minutes from the end of "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" when the pilot turned the screens off for landing - so we don't know how that ended!...