Pushkar is one of the more tourist hit destinations in Rajasthan with some days during high season and festivals having 10,000 foreigners packing the streets. Luckily mid- low season and the hottest month of the year, it was pretty quiet for us, prices were lower and we had the pick of the town. It's known also to be one of the most holy towns in Rajasthan, which means no meat and no beer! The town is built around a square lake surrounded by steps. The locals ch...

Our second stop in Rajasthan was in the city of Jodhpur, also known as the blue city. There were standard things to do around town, the main attraction being a huge fort that towers over the city. On the one side is the newer city and the other side is the 'blue' city where, as you would expect, most of the buildings are blue! The city was quite run down though and absolute carnage as you walked around. We spotted what looked like a really nice square with a bi...

After getting mostly busses throughout our travelling trip so far it was great to fly from Mumbai to Udaipur and avoid the 14+ hour bus ride! Udaipur's old town is a beautiful mix of white buildings around a large lake. Temples, small bazaars, houses and a palace make up the backdrop with most of the restaurants on top of the buildings giving amazing views around the town and lake. The city (and old town) was made famous from the James Bond film that was shot h...

We arrived in Mumbai after our first night bus of the Indian leg of the trip and we were pleasantly surprised! Nice bus, secure luggage store and decent sized beds with air con, not anticipating all of the journeys to be the same unfortunately! As soon as you hop into a taxi in Mumbai and head to the hotel you sadly notice the poverty all around. It's probably the most notable anywhere since travelling. People literally have made make shift 'houses' everywhere, ...

The trip to Hampi via the Indian railway would prove to be as interesting as expected! We booked into the sleeper carriage which effectively was after 3rd class and only normally used for people staying over night on the train. It also wasn't a carriage that had air conditioning! We luckily found our seats pretty quickly (on route to the train we passed a control room which literally looked like something out of a museum, really interesting!). Once on board the ...