After a few hours travel by jeep, we arrived in our luxourious tent accomodation, the resort even had a swimming pool and gym, which i made the most of. Looking round the town was tiring so we went back to the resort restaurant where i ate what tasted like spicy spinach fish cakes. On the Friday morning we went to another palace and temple and although beautiful are starting to look the same. That afternoon we went white water rafting without the white water, b...

Agra to Chanderie took longer than expected, 10 hours with a combination of sleeper train and jeep! Chanderie is very remote and they had never seen a white person 5 years ago! At dinner we went to our tour guides Khallibhai muslim family.The food and atmoshrere was great and to show how cheap it is in rural India local cigarettes were being sold for less than 3 p for 15. Sarah, Jon, Lauren and Carol all got henna tattoos from our tour guides daughter.The followi...

We left Delhi at 6 o'clock for Agra and after our first train journey lasting about 3 hours. After unpacking at the hotel we went for a guided tour of the Red Fort and our first glimpse of the Taj Mahal. We arrived at the Taj Mahal for sunset, the size and beauty of itn is undescribable, so i wont try!! Our hotel had a revolving restaurant at the top so we headed their to eat, trying Ajits (tour leader) meal i realised that when Indians say food is not hot, i...

Hello we have arrived in Delhi,India. At the airport we were met by a tazi driver who took us to our hotel. The drive from the airport was scary;everyone cutting each other up, no use of lanes, not mentioning the constant use of horns. The streets of delhi arecovered in market stalls selling a variety of foods and other produce but the poverty is very apparent. Street vendors trying to sell and little girls beggingfor money which is sad to see. That evening i had...