Craig here! So this is it, the holiday is drawing to an end as today is our last day in Nepal and then we begin our long journey back via a stay over in India to London Heathrow and then finally home to Glasgow. We've had an unbelievable time with so many great experiences but we would be lying if we said we weren't looking forward to coming home now. Fatigue has set in a bit, we're never too sure where we are when we wake up in the morning but I suppose that cou...

Reached our last destination of the trip this afternoon, after a 4.30am start and 2 flights. We've made up a light programme for our 5 days here: 2 full days, two extended half days and some time in the hands of the masseur! We're going to use the local Kuoni guide for all our trips and we have a car/driver so we can do our own thing. After nearly 6 weeks of travelling, we're a bit shattered so we're being good to ourselves! Before we left Jaipur, we visited a t...

Reached our last destination of the trip this afternoon, after a 4.30am start and 2 flights. We've made up a light programme for our 5 days here: 2 full days, two extended half days and some time in the hands of the masseur! We're going to use the local Kuoni guide for all our trips and we have a car/driver so we can do our own thing. After nearly 6 weeks of travelling, we're a bit shattered so we're being good to ourselves! Before we left Jaipur, we visited a t...

Arrived in Jaipur at 5pm. Our driver didn't want us to get to the hotel ahead of the Kuoni rep, so we parked and walked over to look at the Jal Mahal (river palace - see photo above), where a wee boy of about 6 put on a magic show for us (for money, of course!) and quickly gathered a croewd round him. It seems there are whole families who specialise in magic - doing tricks in the street for cash. Such resourcefulness..... I'd already decided India and Hong Kong ...

In Agra and getting ready to visit the Taj (as it is called here) early tomorrow. Had a potentially disastrous start to our visit to India when we staggered off a plane at 2am, were assured our driver would be ready to take us to agra today at 10.30am, only to have the travel firm deny all knowledgeat 11.15. However, it only took a phone vcall from KL at Barrhead Trvel for this to be sorted and off we jolly well went. All the cliches about India are true; we saw...