The morning of leaving Agra, a big festival was taking place to celebrate one of the Hindu gods. Everybody following a statue carried on the shoulders of men down the streets. I watched this at first from a roof top cafe and could hardly see the people below for all the coloured powder that was being thrown. I decided that the best pictures were to be taken on the ground. They say that hindsight is a wonderful thing and in this case I'd have to agree - to a 10 ...

Hi Everybody, Well, the group has slowly disbanded in Goa and after four days of beaches and death defying Moped driving, there was only myself and A.J. left. We caught a train up to Mumbai early morning and landed at around 11pm. Thankfully we'd booked ahead and knew exactly where we were staying. On the down side was that it was a s***hole - literally. With what I can only assume was human excrement smeared down the wall inbetween the cracks in the plaster ...

After a long and hard train and bus ride from Mysore, we've finally got to Goa. A place alot like Blackpool only with better weather and nicer beaches. Most of the group has left after a couple of days here with only myself and Anne-Jayne left to sun bathe. We've hired mopeds for the day which wasn't as scary as I thought, although AJ might say different. (she was on the back). After dodging the traffic were exploring the beaches of Goa. There not as busy as I ...

Well, here I am. Finally landed in Chennai on Saturday at Midnight. Unfortunately while I was in India, my rucksack was in Germany. Thankfully I had everything I needed in my day pack that I had walked on the plane with. We met with our guide the next day who was kind enough to go to the airport the next day and helop me sort out the bag mess. Apart from that the trip so far has been great - the group is a mixture of singles and couples from all over the world. ...