Arrived at 1pm and took cycle rickshaws to our hotel, Catherine was really ill through the night on the train so she saw a doctor and then rested. I met the rest of the group for an evening river cruise on the Ganges which also included musicians on the boat and a candle and flower ceremony. The prayer ceremonies took place on the ghats of the river and were rather impressive with many people watching, mainly pilgrims who would have travelled from a great distanc...

We arrived in Agra around 11am and once we had checked in we went to visit the red fort. We were taken by tuk tuk and then transferred onto jeeps to climb the large hill. We given a guided tour around the fort which contains palaces for the king and his concubines, it was really interesting. After lunch in a local restaurant we visited a carpet factory where we were shown the process by which traditional wool carpets were made by hand by the local village. They c...

We met our group for our meeting at 4pm in our new hotel which was lovely and found we were a group of 9 of all different ages and nationalities with us being the only two brits which was quite a novelty. We also met our guide, Baru, who seemed to have a good sense of humour and a lot of knowledge to share with us. Our first evening we went to india gate which was lovely lit up in the evening light. Having got the metro back we all went for dinner to a fast food ...

We arrived in Delhi at about 9.30am and met our transfer who took us to our hotel which was really nice, the beds were so comfy!! After having a nap we had some lunch, our first taste of indian food which was amazing and a nice change from chinese food. We then decided to venture out and took our first tuk tuk which helen drove and proceeded to break despite being told she was a good driver! we were transferred to a shop and hassled in there for a while until we ...