We had time to waste after Agra so we took a 15hr train to the holy city of Varanasi. It sits on the banks of the Ganges and is the place where Hindus burn the bodies on the side of the river and throw the ashes into the water. They also bathe in it, wash clothes in it and drink it...nice. They bathe in it to wash away their sins, as Layne and i dont have any sins we didnt jump in! We went on a boat trip down the river and saw them burning the bodies close up......

We arrived in Delhi mainly to get visas for Thailand. Booked into hotel which turned out to be s*** with smelly water and blankets that took the heat away and left us freezing! Found some modern western style coffee shops to warm up in and wandered around, took ages to sort out Thailand, went to the embassy twice and then discovered it was easier to buy a cheap ticket from thailand to kuala Lumpa and not use the ticket (we are allowed 30 days in thai without visa...

We arrived in Delhi mainly to get visas for Thailand. Booked into hotel which turned out to be s*** with smelly water and blankets that took the heat away and left us freezing! Found some modern western style coffee shops to warm up in and wandered around, took ages to sort out Thailand, went to the embassy twice and then discovered it was easier to buy a cheap ticket from thailand to kuala Lumpa and not use the ticket (we are allowed 30 days in thai without visa...

So, the only reason to go to Bikaner is to see a rat temple where the little pests are worshiped and roam free around the temple. Its quite weird as there are rats and mice everywhere and as we had to take our shoes off to enter the temple we had to be careful not to step in rat poops. Layne had the sh1ts for most of the day so he laid in bed and i had to nurse him and watched telly. Its freezing too. On the way to Bikaner on the train i trapped my finger in the ...

Hi all, After arriving more than hour late into Jodhpur we found out that we had arrived on the last day of a Eunich festival although it was half past ten and our hotel was not more than five kilometres away it took us almostt an hour to get through all the pedestrian traffic. Apart from the fort and the clock tower there was not much else to see in Jodhpur. We walked around the town on numerous occasions trying out their renowned quisine, namely the samoosas a...