Jon and I went on a camel ride in the morning before returning to Delhi, the most exciting bits were when the camels stood up and sat down. We left Pushkar at 11 and arrived in Delhi 9 hours later.Our driver summed up the journey by stating that you need 3 things to drive in India; good brakes, a good horn and good luck!! For supper we had our last Indian meal and it was nice and spicy!!

The drive to Pushkar was longer than expected we finally arrived at the Pushkar Villa Resort by lunchtime. For lunch we visited the Moondance cafe where legend has it all the specials contain hash! In the afternoon we walked round the market before sitting at the Sunset Cafe by Pushkar lake to watch the sunset, the sunset itself was unspectacular due to the weather. The girls went off shopping while Jon and I sat and played cards with a local tuk-tuk driver. The ...

As we left the train on the Saturday we had to wait an hour for the taxis, by the time we reached our hotel it was lunchtime so we all headed out for a farewell lunch whereTom and Carol gave me words of wisdom and we all swapped emails!! We met or taxi driver for Rajistan and 5 hours later we arrived in Jaipur after seeing numerous elephants,camels and jeeps loaded with 30 people. We ate a quick supper at the restaurant before yhaving an early night. We left the...

On our local bus to Varanassiwe had to stop due to a car crash killing 2 people, illustrating the dangers of the road in India. Back on the bus Sarah had a pack of crisps only 3 weeks out of date, I was so jealous. Arriving at the Hotel Pradeep we ate at the Eden Top restaurant before looking round a market and textiles shop where we all purchased something, even me much to my suprise, later that evening we went to watch the Hindus worship on the River Ganges. Th...

After a mornings travel we arrived at the hotel to a beautiful buffet, only to find 1000 rupees (12.50) had mysteriously disappeared from my possesion. Illustrating the poverty as money is the most important thing to most people over here. In the afternoon we visited the childhood home of Nehru the first prime minister of India, but I think we were the main attraction to the other visitors afterwards we again went to the River Ganges where some of the group went ...