We are in Pokhara, Nepal and the relaxed nature of this town means days merge and you can't quite remember what you did the previous day. We've been mostly 'gorging' and there hasn't been a meal that we haven't waddle away from. But throughout the lazy days there have been pockets of real excitment. The first happening within a few hours of arriving. In search of somewhere to eat we are wandering the street, the atmosphere is calm. With no warning, the electricit...

Free from the shackles of oppression (Bobby) we are now using more conventional transportation, having to catch an overnight sleeper train from Agra to Varanasi. In Britain, trains, more or less, run on time, well it's general knowledge that no train in the history of India has ever arrived on time. Ours was no exception. Adding to this fundemental law, the platform annocements are wholey inaccurate and the notice board is showing times from 2003- it's fair to sa...