City Palace It seems that we are visiting lots of beautiful places and if you are not there it is hard to explain them, and it seems a little pointless to try. So you can either look at my pictures (when I get them up) or come here and visit these amazing sites for yourself. However there are some interesting facts about some places, for example it was at the city palace that the King liked to play a game which is an ancient version of ludo. However instead of p...

Taj Mahal Apparently sunrise is the best time to go the see the Taj Mahal; it's less busy and simply beautiful. So that means an early start, we left our hotel at 5:30 a bit bleary eyed but excited about our very touristy day. It's hard to believe you are actually there when you are looking at it. You have seen so many pictures of it but I'm not sure I ever thought I would actually ever come and see it. The amount of work put into building it, I think is the mos...

Riding the Metro After getting the tube during rush hour I naively thought the Indian train network would be pretty much the same. Hmmm…firstly you have to go through what is essentially an airport security check to get into the station. Secondly they have a women only carriage. Form the outside you would think that's a bit weird, why would the women have their own carriage? However, it turns out to be a wonderful idea, as during the busy times you are pretty ...

After a long sleepless night flight we arrive in Delhi Airport about 11am local time, greeted by a wall of heat. It was going to be a sweaty day and trip for that matter! We had a speedy and pretty much hassle free exit from the airport. However, on exiting the terminal we seemed unable to find any sings for the Metro. Our original plan being to get the Metro train to New Delhi Station and then make the short distance to our hotel from there. Eventually we found...