Delhi conluded With only 3 days to go in Delhi, I gace in and bought 2 shawls. No matter what I have worn this past 4 weeks both men and women have stared at my chest. Surely there was money to be made there!!!!! Ha Also on the same time scale James gave in and had his first non Indian dinner from an American diner too, listening to jive Bunny. We rock! It was only a mater of time that James got Delhi belly and I got a small 2nd bout of it also. Is there n...

Delhi Once again I found myself back on the Hogworts Express this time bound for Delhi. We shared a 4th berth cabin with an Indian Lady, her father and daughter and whilst James slept, i had my first Hindi lessons. This journey was a mere 4 hours. i had heard that Delhi was a much more modern city, yet when we slowely chuged into Delhi station, pas the many slum area's (all equipped with satelite dish - EACH), i spotted at least 3 people squatting at the side o...

Will upload photo when get chance AGRA Home of the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and the abandoned capital of Fathepur Sikri. Agra has been the poorest of all the places we have been to which makes you wonder where the money from tourism goes. Not that anyone would stay here more than a couple of days. To see the Taj Mahal in all its splendour then walk out of its complex into the litter lined streets, home of the stray dog, herd of cow and rubbish eating pigs is a sad...

The 46 hr train Journey I stepped on the train and was met by Blue. Blue curtains, blue floor, blue seating, blue bed and blue tables and a tiny bit of daylight coming in from the filth stained windows. Oh No, i was back in "The Cell" As I had been ill for 4/5 days prior to the journey, when the Biriyani Man came around selling lunch, i decided to give it a miss. Plus I had not yet checked out the toilets so I thought I would play it safe. The toi...

Hi All We were unable to write last week as the wifi internet wasn't working, so heres a summary of what we got upto in Kerela. The owner of the homestay, Russel, was lovely and always ready with advice and tips on where to go and what to see, then waited untill you got back to make sure you had a good experience. He bokked a couple of excursions for us; We took a tuktuk ride through Fort Cochin to see Vasco de Gammas house and burial spot, spice market, synago...