Goa was like our little holiday from India; a chance for us to chill out and get away from the hustle and bustle. We headed for Arambol which is in the far north of Goa and is the choice of mainly backpackers and ageing hippies. Arriving at 8.30pm, in the dark was not the ideal senario, especially since we were planning on staying in huts on the beach but with torch in hand we managed to find our way to 'Samsara' which is where we made ourselves at home. We had o...

We took a 17hour overnight train from Delhi to Varanasi which actually went really quickly as we managed to get loads of sleep. When we arrived we shared an auto rickshaw to Pandey Ghat with an American guy. The Rickshaw drivers in varanasi are notoriously corrupt and so there's no point in asking them to take you to where you want to stay as they will take you somewhere else that offers them commission. He dropped us off down some side street and we had to walk ...

Well finally, I am back to update you on all our goings on! Sorry it has taken so long, I'm even getting complaints of people. I wrote this blog in Varanasi 2 weeks ago and as I was writing my final few lines, the bloody computer went and crashed! Hence why, apart from the chilling on beaches, it has taken me a while to put this one up. So 3 weeks ago, maybe 4, we left Armitsar and headed for Dharamsala. It took us 2 buses to arrive which got rather full, hot a...

Not too much to report in this blog so it will only be a quick one. Arrived in Amritsar last Monday and decided to get some sleep, as guarding our bags on the train didn't allow us much sleep. That afternoon we took a stroll around the main city and then went and ate in a very trendy little outfit called Chrystals which played hindi music- techno style! We planned to go and visit the Golden temple on Tuesday but we woke up to find our plans quashed as it was abso...

Met our driver, Kheim "the king" Singh, outside Inviccta travel, Paharganj at 8am and started off on our journey to Jaipur which, we were reliably informed, was 275km. It took us ages to get out of Delhi as the traffic was well, just Indian! Finally arrived in Jaipur about 5 hours later where Kheim took us to see his friend who had a baby elephant. It was very cute but Dean and I were upset by it as it was chained up and clearly in distress and its eyes...