Allahabad, India (1st Nov 2007) We had what was quite possibly the most uncomfortable transportation we have experienced so far for the 2 hour journey to the river bank, imagine an old bus where each seat fits one and a half bums and each has a varying distance to the seat in front so it's a lucky dip as to how much leg room you get! We did however get a few distractions along the way. The first was stopping at the point where all three rivers meet in India and ...

Orchha, India (29th Oct 2007) We woke up with another day of travelling ahead of us, up at 9 to travel the 4 hours by train to Orchha. This journey made Kara realise she should have packed more pairs of trousers as her sensible ones had a run in with the metal armrest and didn't come off too well. We travelled from the train station in a Tuk Tuk on roads where animals seemed to have as much right to the road as vehicles and stopped off at a very questionable loo...

Agra, India (28th Oct 2007) Today has been the first full day of the tour and has been quite a jam packed one! After not getting to sleep till gone 12 last night it was a 6am start to get the train to Agra at 07:15am. The journey to the train station was an interesting one as we watched our bags being placed precariously on top of the van secured with just a piece of string and as we made our way to the railway station we saw our first accident and the preparati...

Delhi , India (26th Oct 2007) So... at sometime near midnight we touched down in Delhi and made it to our hotel around 2am after a somewhat interesting airport experience and taxi journey. The flight itself was relatively painless, although it seemed to last forever. We did the usual and watched some movies, ate some questionable food, and slept on and off for a little while. Both of us had the chance to experience a lovely cute little girl kicking us in the bac...