hello to the 5 or so people who actually read our blog! and sorry for the lack of news! we are now in Ahmedabad, our final destination before we travel to Mumbai tomorrow morning bright and early by train. It is supposed to be an 8 hour trip, so we are departing at 4, but as Indian railways are prone to powercuts I'm not sure if we will get there before the summer holidays; our train from Delhi to Agra at the start of this trip was supposed to take 3 hours -...

Currently in Jaipur, after a long but fairly civilised bus journey, with Fe sleeping for most of it stretched out across the back 4 seats! We have got to know our group a little better now, they are all very nice other than those mentioned in previous blog - i respect that i should be a little more careful about what i say - and we are far more positive about this trip now. We've both given almost all of our clothing in to be washed at our current hotel - somet...

Hey guys, just a general update. We're now on our 2nd India trip, this time from Delhi to Mumbai. Moral in the mooncat fleet is slightly low, having met our group and been slightly disappointed - to be fair they had a lot to live up to after our epic group before - we both think we may struggle to fit in with this lot. Including us there are 17 in total, most seem fairly nice but we don't have all that much in common and the group is a lot older than the Delhi -...

Hello everyone. Fe and I send our apologies for being useless at getting this blog thing underway, but we've now found a half decent connection so we might be able to make some progress - though photos may have to wait until New Zealand. We are currently in Kathmandu having arrived earlier this afternoon. Nepal is quite a contrast to India, in terms of the landscape, people, general feel: it's far more green which makes a nice change from the constant dustines...