So after leaving Chitwan early in the morning we drove for 7 hours to reach Pokhara at around 2pm. We all took a walk along the main street and down to the lake which could be seen from our hotel. We took a turn into a german bakery and sampled the produce yum! Then later in the afternoon we booked to go paragliding and to take the mountain flight in Kathmandu to see Everest. We had dinner in a local restaurant and then crashed out for the evening in preperation ...

Having left at 6am and boarded a coach we arrived in Lumbini 12 hours later, on the border between india and nepal. We had dinner then went to our room to discover a gecko in our room which the hotel staff refused to get rid of so we decided to name him graham and become friends with him in the hope that he would leave us well alone. During the night he disappeared and we didn't see him again. The next morning we left the hotel at 8am to visit the birthplace of b...

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 ...