Friday 3rd october - day 42 Delhi after staying up quite late trying to book the bus to agra (you cant use foregin cards) we hear from sarah that a guy went to the train station and got a ticket for agra for today.. yas also sees on the internet about a special quota for foreigners being reserved. We all go down and find a foreign tourist bureu at the station..within an hour weve booked a train to agra for tonight and one to jaipur for saturday night.. ive got...

Thursday 2nd october - day 41 Delhi After an eventful death ride to the hostel and some major confusion once we got there (which they insisted was our hostel, even though the name was completely different) we konk out in the room in the sweltering heat. When we get up in the morning we ask the hostel for maps but they insist on us going to a tourist centre to get what we need. They also insist on us taking a driver (for free) who will also take us for breakfas...

wednesday 1st october - day 40 stranded at the airport After 3hours kip on a cold floor, we spend the morning putting on free makeup and trying to get in contact with jet airways. No one at the airport is particularly helpful, and they seem to think email confirmation was enough to board last night. Que another argument and more angry emails. The indian guy from last night is still here too which is really strange.. he is waiting for a friend to arrive appar...

tuesday 30th september - day 40 - hongkong Morning is spent grabbing the last few bits we need before we leave to the airport. Its an emotional goodbye to claudia too. There's no airport bus due to the protests so we have to resort to the metro which is twice the price of the bus. We are denied getting on the flight at check in due to having no outbound flight from india booked.Uh.oh. We argue this is not a visa requirement but are eventually forced to book an o...

monday 29th september - day 39 - hongkong So the protesters made it through the night and everthings still in full flow today. Roads are still blocked with people. Its reported 10,000 protesters are active across the city with about 1,000 at causeway. Subway station entrances in causeway have been barracaded and covered in signs shaming the police, along with requests for peace, democrcy and the right to protest. We manage to get the 40 bus still to stanley bea...