Hi Everyone I went to see the Taj Mahal today and it was genuinely the most stunning building I have ever seen in my life. You have to queue for a while to get in and the security measures are tighter than at airports, but when you step through the main gate and look up across the gardens with all the trees lining the waterways and the Taj in the distance, it does genuinely take your breath away. It is more beautiful than in the pictures and is really huge. It...

Hi Everyone I am now in Jaipur and coming to the end of my journey around Rajasthan. We have spent two weeks travelling around with our driver Mr Singh who has shown us lots of good places and occasionally some not so good, which we suspect are places that give him tips for bringing tourists there. Since leaving Jodhpur we went to a place called Ranakpur, which is in the hills to see a huge white marble Jain temple. This looks a bit like Angkor Watt temple ...

Hi Everyone I have left Delhi following some more days of sightseeing which actually proved that Delhi was slighly nicer than my initial reaction of horror. There are some nice parks, markets, palaces, museums and pleasant areas that are not really chaotic. I am now on a two week tour around the region of Rajasthan in West India. We hired a driver to take us around as is a good way to get about and not too pricey. This area is where all the grand palaces...

Hi Everyone I have just arrived in Delhi and am suffering just a little from sensory overload with all the noise, the smells and sights of the city. We have started sightseeing around the sights of Old Delhi with the Red Fort, markets and Palaces. It is incredibly cheap here for accommodation and especially food. We had a huge meal for less than two pounds each yesterday evening and the hotel is about three pounds a night. We are staying in Paharanj next...

I am playing catch up on some of the countries I failed to write anything about. We were in Botswana for about a week and had a great time going to the Okavanga Delta. This is a huge area that is similar to the everglades and has papyrus reeds and bamboo shoots high out of the shallow waters. The channels all looked similar to me, but the guides know the area like the back of their hands and so could find their way around. The only way to get around is by spee...