J: So the train wasn't too bad to Varanasi in the end; we found out the tickets we got were booked on top of the already full train and we weren't the first waiting for a cancellation either! After talking to the conductor, he basically explained our tickets meant you could sleep anywhere as long as nobody is there. So we got on the train and found an empty section of beds, bonus. We slept for some time enjoying the ride then the proper ticket holders came along,...

S: After a quick train journey to Agra, followed by finding a hotel, we went and visited the one and only Taj Mahal. It was amazing but it felt very surreal to actually be there finally. To get there, we had our first cycle tuk-tuk. OMG the man was crazy. He kept hi-fiving James when he cracked jokes, in fairness he did make us laugh. Whilst in the Taj Mahal grounds we found ourselves a guide (we worked out, it was the best way to found out information about each...

J: We got the train to Old Delhi, it was interesting to see a group of Indians in the station that clearly hadn't seen an escalator before, the front guy was like someone with stage fright on a bungee jump, I tried to encourage him on but he wouldn't go so we skipped past him, I think someone pushed him on in the end. We then went to the Red Fort, a massive place and the history there was incredible! It had been taken over and pillaged so much it was like a shell...

J: We got the public train to Jaipur, a 6 hour journey through the country side. On the journey I simply said to Sam "just move your feet so the rat (it was only small) can pass you" her reaction wasn't so calm! S: There was me engrossed in my book, well I was a right girl - in fairness I couldn't scream (think of the locals laughing at me - the white girl scared of a Rat!!) but I quickly removed my feet and proceeded to expel a few obscene words. And it wasn't...

S: So after a 20 hour bus journey that was like a roller coaster, if James and I bumped heads once it was 20 times lol. But we finally arrived in Udaipur rather smelly and in need of a shower. We found a little guest house that had an amazing view of the town from the roof. James was still feeling delicate so we walked around a nearby temple called Jagdish and grabbed some food at a restaurant overlooking the lake Pichola where Octopussey was filmed. J: Udiapur ...