Day 86 - Sunday 18th of June. My last day in India and my last day of sightseeing :o(((((((( Up at 5am to vist the Taj Mahal for just after sunrise. As you walk towards the gated entrance you catch a glimpse of the Taj and you are transfixed, it is a truly amazing sight and gave me goose bumps. My driver Viyay told me it would be even better than all the postcards and he was right. It was stunning and very emotional to see something so beautiful in the flesh. Des...

Day 85 - Sat 17th June - Had a brilliant time last night in the tooktook driving in the chaos of Jaipur. Went back to the hotel for dinner and I was the only one eating outside in the courtyard with a group of three musicians and a father and son singing and dancing, so I felt very regal sitting in the middle of the courtyard under the starts having my own private concert. I thought it was a good champagne moment and was thinking I would be drinking on my own whe...

Day 84 - Fri 16th June - Up at 6.30am, but told the swimming pool not open until 9am and then tried to upload some pics to the website but they only have dial up in the hotel, so not the best start, but watched the England goals on TV, so that put a smile on my face. Jaipor is called the pink city as all the buildings are painted a dark shade of pink. It dates back to when Edwars 7th visted the city and they have made it law that they are painted pink every 5 yea...

Day 83 Thursday 15th June - The after dark tour of the city was great last night, the temples looked beautiful and Dinesh took me to a Hindu temple with scared fish, where we we given some food as an offering and blessing from the temple. We visited a Hari Khrishna temple which was very colourful and we joined in the singing prayers and watched the beautiful traditional dancing. Everyone was very friendly and welcoming, bt not thinking of joining just yet ;o) I g...

Day 82 - Wed 14th June Up ate 7.30 for workout at the gym and then breakfast watching the highlights of the Brasil game. The service in this hotel is amazing, they have so may staff who are all very friendly and so eager to help you. In the foyer area alone they have about 20 beautiful girls in sari's smiling and always checking if you need any help...fantastic and makes you feel so welcome. My driver, Vijay Singh, funny I thought he was a golfer ;o) and my guid...