The next 2 days were spent in Udaipur. The main site here was the City Palace which was quite spectacular. There was so much detail put into everything and there were nice views from the windows. It had been converted into a museum so it was very interesting to see and read about the history of Udaipur. After our visit to the City Palace we took a walk round the busy streets of Udaipur browsing some of the clothes stalls. It was very crowded and at one point we g...

In Pushkar we had time to relax which was a bit of a relief as we had been doing a LOT of sightseeing! It was nice to discover that our room had a balcony...so for much of the afternoon we made good use of it and for the first time in our trip sat out in the sun undisturbed. Later we took a walk through the bazaar. It was only a short walk away from our hotel which was nice as it meant we could go in our own time with no need to be escorted back and forth by out ...

We left Agra to begin our tour round Rajahstan. The long drive from Agra to Jaipur was far from boring as there was so much to see along the way. I've got to say one of my favourite things about this part of India is the monkeys. They run around everywhere and are so tame. Our first stop in Jaipur was the Monkey Palace. It was really interesting to see and got its name from the large number of monkeys running around the premises (quite obvious really). That day w...

Happy to arrive back in the heat of Delhi we were not to be staying long. We had arranged to drive to Agra the following morning. However, the day we arrived back happened to be Diwali. This is also known as the festival of light. Celebrations were taking place that night and I have never witnessed anything like it. Put it this way, it was a fireman's worst nightmare! Fireworks were going of everywhere! Left, right and centre. Everywhere I looked were fireworks a...

We got a flight to Srinagar in Kashmir early in the morning. it was a short flight and took us right over the Himalayas, BEAUTIFUL! We were a little anxious about arriving in Kashmir as its actually one region the guide books say not to visit due to there being some problems and violence (sorry Mum and Dad). Sure enough there were army men with guns EVERYWHERE. However, we were told we needed to visit in order to have the whole India experience. We were staying...