After our recent rail experience decided to go by coach to Jaipur, well that's what they called it. The best description was along the lines of something between Kenmargra and Tandem with no fist aid kit. (and that's not a spelling mistake on fist). :late setting off and then took another 2 hrs longer than expected 7 hours in total but had seats at least which was more than we could say about the other 15 - 20 Indians that had nothing at all. We were the only for...

Well we finally arrived in Agra after another overnight 15 hr train ride to Delhi. We had to share a compartment with 3 Dutch Gay guys with the tightest 1980's jeans you have ever seen, most disconcerting when all 3 are facing you when you wake up in bed I can tell you. But not as eye opening as the second class in with the locals train journey from delhi - Agra which took 3and half hours. Rugby scrum to get on and rugby scrum to get off and all for the equivalen...

After a 17 hour train journey from Delhi we arrived in Varanasi very tired as neither of us got a lot of sleep on the train. We met a couple of Kiwi's that made the time pass quicker, but the train was so slow i felt we could have walked faster. Varanasi is a strange place, its very religious, infact its one of the most religious places in India. It is where families bring their relatives once they have dyed to be dipped in the Ganges to be cleared of all sin a...

Holy Cow! Finally found a computer with a quicker internet connection to provide a flavour of what it is like here. Delhi is unbelievable so many people and cows! I knew the moment we got close to the hotel in the taxi that this was a place like no other. A Cow had nicked the taxi drivers parking spot and so had to drive around for another 5 mins to find somewhere else. Although Delhi is crowded and dirty the people are very friendly. We managed to walk all th...