Farewell to Agra. We were packed by 7:30 am and on the road to the train station by 8:00 am. Our next destination was a town called Chanderi, a small medieval town - home to Muslims, Hindus and Jains. We got to the train station with time to spare but then the train was an hour and fifteen minutes late. It was fine, though. We visited and bought candies, magazines and tea. The train station seemed safe to us but we formed a circle around our bags anyway and hung...

Five in the morning and we were up and getting ready to go to Agra - the city of India's signature monument - the Taj Mahal. We were pumped, if a little bleary-eyed. Binu had arranged for transport to the train station and we arrived in time to catch the 7:15 am train to Agra. The train was clean, and we were served tea and breakfast. Three hours later, we arrived in Agra at our very nice 3 star hotel, the Pushp Villa. It's ironic that some of our nicest accommo...

Tessa awoke to a very upset stomach but decided to join us for local sightseeing anyway. Unfortunately, while walking to the metro station, Tessa's stomach started to act up, so she and Barry headed back to the hotel. However, when the rest of us arrived at the station and looked up the stairs, there was Barry and Tessa! Tessa had decided that she'd just "power-through" despite being sick and, as usual, we were very proud of her. The metro system of De...

A great little breakfast was included in our price at the Smyle Inn, so we enjoyed that after sleeping in. Then we packed our bags and checked out. The staff members of the Smyle Inn were incredibly friendly and helpful, and we were very glad we had stayed there. They had done a beautiful job with our laundry, fetched a couple of beers when we enquired, and rescued Tessa and Margaret from their defective room without complaint. The last thing they did was order u...

Tessa's Blog Well, the last time I updated the blog, we were in Corfu on my parents anniversary (September 3). The next day was also a pool day awaiting our bus to Athens. We were waiting when our friends drove by in their scooters. We had a lovely chat but the bus came so we had to bid farewell. The bus would leave at 7:45 p.m. and arrive at 5:00 a.m. We went with the green bus company which is Corfu's city bus. They are really lucky because their city buses ...