Hello peopleI am currently in Mumbai preparing to leave India for New Zealand. It really feels like I just got here and I'm ashamed at having only spent three weeks here, having metaphorically barely scratched the surface even though I am well and truly covered in a layer of Indian grime. I will definitely have to come back one day for a longer period of time. When leaving Arvy's house his sister pressed from me a promise of a further visit, to which I readily ac...

I've had a bit of a photo-uploading spree! I really am all or nothing. :) I am aware some are upside down, but I'm afraid you're just going to have to deal with it.So I am now in Udaipur. I really like this city. I thought it wouldn't be as nice as Jaisalmer, to be honest, but I think this is my favourite place so far. Udaipur has several nicknames, including "City of Lakes" and "Venice of the East". As you'd expect from this there is lots of ...

I am preparing to depart to Udaipur by yet another overnight bus. I have decided that from my initial reservations, now I've got used to it, I love India. I really like Jaisalmer now and will be sad to leave it but excited about the next place. Immediately after posting my last blog I got myself into another of my situations. The man in the internet place was very friendly, and helped me put some music on my MP3 player (haven't lost it yet!). He voluntarily told ...

Hurrah, I have made it out of Punjab and into Rajasthan. I got here by more exciting adventures into the Indian road system. This journey was less breath-taking in the life-threatening department but no less adventurous for all that. We started by getting a sleeper bus to Bikaner. I was overjoyed to find that, in proportion to their respective people's sizes, the beds in Indian sleeper buses are a lot roomier than in the Chinese and Vietnamese ones, so I had a fa...

I have made it to India! It is very very hot and set to get hotter, apparently I came at the worst possible time. I thought I'd be ok after being in Bangkok but I was wrong, it is like being in a furnace. Anyway, weather reports aside, I'm not quite sure what to make of India yet. I arrived on the night of the 15th into Delhi airport. I have two friends from home (Birmingham), Arvarinder and Deepti, who are originally from Punjab, and helped me plan my route b...