Incredible India... My Yogesh Wow, four months in this crazy country. I don't know where to begin so I will just ramble all my thoughts and feeling about India into this one blog so apologies in advance for some incomprehension and emotional babble. My first experience of 'backpacking' was India and the country truly captured my heart. The alien smells, sights, sounds, culture and beautiful but cunning people engaged me in such a deep way that I just had to s...

Leaving Incredible India Hassan dropped us at the airport and Dad immediately switched to his airport mode as he had to pay extra for baggage and find somewhere to sit! We were back at the Radisson and this one was even more impressive than the one in Agra. The rooms had a clear wall between the shower and the room and the super comfortable beds are always a treat for us. The swimming pool wasn't open but the red hot, gender divided Jacuzzis worked perfectly...

Strangers to the train It was goodbye to Delhi and hello Agra today as we packed our suitcases and headed to New Delhi railway station; opposite Main Bazaar and our old home. We plonked James at the stations waiting room and I took M&D for a walk up Main Bazaar and Smyle Inn so they could see in person some of the sites and places I had talked so much about. From their faces I could see that we were less than impressed with the area of Pahan ganj and Basil...

A Blind Boxing Day First stop was the beautiful Lotus Temple. Getting there wasn't so beautiful as we took the metro and got directed out at the wrong entrance via a slum and some markets. We managed to navigate our way out of the small streets piled high with temple goodies when James asked a man for directions. The man just looked at him with a blank expression, suddenly his mate pipes up 'it is that way' and he points his withered arm towards a path. Jame...

Fame on Christmas Day It took us all morning to open our presents and then we hired a taxi for the day to take us to Qutb Minar, CP, Power Corridor and Khan Market (although we didn't make it to Khan Market today). We did not hire him to take us to an emporium which he attempted to do and then lied to us when we wanted to go to CP 'all the shops are shut today', they weren't and we just wanted food. Enough moaning about the driver because other than him trying...