Udaipur described as one of the most romantic cities in India because of it's Lake Palaces and hilly setting, sounds like just the place for a James Bond movie if they had'nt already done it. The locals are very proud of this heritage so much so that every night in every resturant at 7pm they show Octop**** and of course we watched it like everyone else. We enjoyed looking out for the places we had seen in that day and of course it is Gemma's favourite Bond film ...

Only a short stop in Jodhpur to see the main sight and spend Matthew's birthday without being on the move. We took a recommendation from the hotel in Jaisalmer on where to stay in Jodhpur. The room was ok, however the drainage was far from ideal and couple this with a crap flush and having the shish kebabs (Matthew 4 times in 10 minutes!) from the camel trek you had to hold your nose everytime you showered or brushed your teeth. I could'nt get my head round the f...

Sore Arses! I know we keep mentioning our journeys but this was the worst of the lot. We were told this would be a luxury sleeper bus but the sleeping compartment was more like a goldfish bowl and with roads being so bumpy we did'nt get any sleep the whole way there. When we arrived we were both poorly for 2 days and did'nt do much accept sleep. On arrival to Jaisalmer there we alot of touts from guesthouses looking for tourists. A nice man called Chandra cam...

The journey from Jaipur to Pushkar was again supposed to be on a luxury bus! It was more like an extremely run down 105 bus from Wakefield to Agbrigg! They crammed more people on the bus than they were supposed to, but at least this time they were given plastic garden chairs to sit on down the aisle. The journey went really quickly though because we met a couple from Manchester who are currently living in China, so they were giving us some tips for that part of o...

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...