Thankfully we changed our 8:30am start to a 9am start but it was still a struggle to get out of bed. We checked out (only got charged for one night even though we booked two!!) and our driver was waiting for us. We had a nice air conditioned car for our drive to Mandawa. Stopped for lunch at Chandni Midway where we were both craving british food after eating nothing but Indian yesterday. The drive was lovely although i avoided watching the road otherwise i would ...

We landed in Delhi earlier than expect which suited fine as we had time to get money before our transfer to the hostel. We were staying at New King which was in the middle of a market style area like stone town in zanzibar. No rest for the wicked in Delhi, when we arrived at the hostel we were told that it was the holidays so we were best to get our transport booked as it would be really busy. The hostel was very helpful and booked us a taxi to take us for breakf...

Wed 25/4/12 So today we set off for India! :) Got our bags packed and checked out of our room in the morning. Had plenty of time to get organised which was great. Hung around the camp and had lunch until our taxi arrived for the airport, it was booked for 3pm but arrived at 2pm. We were at the airport by 3pm so in plenty of time for our flight at 6:20pm. Our bags were checked right through to Delhi so fingers crossed they both make it. It was only a 1hr 40min fl...

AFRICA ROUND-UP So the first leg of our trip has come to an end! Sad but exciting at the same time. We have met some amazing people and had some exciting adventures. Booking our trip was the best move we made, although we followed a backpackers route it still took us away from the tourist spots to experience the real Africa. All our campsites were much nicer than we were expecting, it didn't take long to get used to putting our tent up and down, we seriously n...

Tue 24/04/12 Once again we spent most of our day at the Java Coffee House on the internet. Lost connection in the afternoon so went a wander round the shopping centre and restocked our supplies. Managed to get back online so stayed at the cafe till closing time.