The overnight train trip from Udaipur down to Mumbai saw us sharing a compartment with a bunch of grumpy-grouches, so was a bit awkward at best :-/ We got into Mumbai in the late morning on Thursday 27 September and immediately caught a local train to our next departing station, where we found something to eat and then waited around for our next overnight train down to Goa. When it arrived we clambered aboard and, since our seats were in different cars :-/, ran...

Our train from Jaipur arrived in Udaipur late in the afternoon on Saturday 22 September. Again, we were super grateful for a pickup and soon we were enjoying the view out over the city from our guesthouse's rooftop restaurant. Since we were both still feeling quite sick, we ate quickly and then returned to our room to sleep. That evening we emerged and decided to go down to the lake. Unfortunately the tourist map that we were given was pretty bad and, embarrasi...

Our train pulled into Jaipur Station late on Tuesday 18 September. Fortunately we had arranged a pickup so we could just walk past all the rickshaw drivers who pounced on us as we stepped outside. Our host, Priti, was there to meet us and drove with us back to her guesthouse where she made us feel right at home. Wednesday we ate a big, delicious breakfast downstairs and then settled down to some admin - we managed to sort out train tickets so that Kevin could ...

We arrived in New Delhi late in the afternoon on Monday 17 September. We had found the area that we had stayed in before to be pretty convenient, so we headed back there and, after a bit of walking and asking around, found a reasonable place to stay. We had a quick shower and then went down to the street to get something to eat. We were hoping for an early night so didn't hang around too long, and soon were back in the room where we spent the rest of the evenin...

The trip from Kathmandu to Pokhara was another windey, bumpy ride on some seriously dodgy roads, punctuated by numerous stops at random roadside restaurants. We eventually arrived in the lakeside town of Pokhara in the afternoon on Wednesday 12 September, and wasted no time in in finding a place to stay. We found a quiet little place up a hill overlooking the lake and, after dumping our things, walked into town for a relaxing drink to calm the nerves. We spent...