OK, so after a 5.30 get-up we made our way to Delhi train station for the 3 hour journey to Agra - home of the Taj Mahal.At this point, we were very pleased to have our guide, Chandra, who got us onto the train and into our pre-booked seats, as people were literally jumping onto the moving train as it pulled into the station.And there we sat, watching India go by, taking in the beautiful countryside and every 200 metres a man squatting down by the tracks, managin...

Hello everyone. Firstly, thanks for the messages (keep them coming!) and secondly, apologies for not posting sooner, but finding the internet is proving a little more difficult than we imagined. Anyway, here we are in bl***dy hot India, safe and sound (so far) however the pollution is intense so we are suffering slightly with bad chests. Right, what can we say about Delhi? The first thing that hits you (apart from the heat and the whisky from Stu's hip-flask!)...

Hi everyone. Well, after months of preparation and boring everyone to death (including ourselves!) we are finally on our way. We've just landed at Heathrow and have a 3 hour wait in O'Neill's Terminal 3 until our flight to Delhi. Mental state can only be described as exicted and a little bit "brickin it", but increasingly braver as each pint goes down. So, the feeling is at the moment that as long as we stay p****d for the next five months eveythi...