25/07/08 'The men are horrible''You guys realise its monsoon right? You'll get drenched''The people are unfriendly''It's never a good idea to travel with a close friend-it won't work''Its all dirty''It's one of the hardest places to travel' Just a few descriptions we were giving before embarking on our travels but after almost a month i can tell you they're all bull and my mental image of india has totally changed! I'm in Mumbai at the moment but to be totally h...

I've made a new friend....the elephant that freaked us out the other day when we burned round the corner happened to do his usual rounds of Udaipur yesterday. Turns out Maji was the cutest elephant even up close and was as stunning as i've always thought elephants would be...suprisingly hairy though but super bendy trunk that could even master the 'Namaste' sign as good as any elephant i know could do...definitely a highlight of my trip! Can't believe India is a...

We did it- we're officially tourists and even got the classic photo- Taj Mahal- tick! After being stuck in Dehli learning that Dehli's reputation for not having the most hygeinic food in the world is in fact true (even though we were planning on being the first tourists to get through India unharmed...) we were faced with a lack of trains so hopped on the next available one to our back up destination on Agra.. only after booking did we realise that we were infa...

We're in heaven! Paneer in every resteraunt, jewellery shops with earings covering every wall, elephants on every second shelf of every shop, and welcoming 'Hello Madam!' from dawn until dusk. Ok so the last one can get a tad annoying as it is not only a greeting but a "come into my shop, now!", "move-or i'll run you over" or "Hello-yes you do want to buy a huge whip"- but apart from that Delhi's total and utter crazyness has got me ...

So Rach and I have decided to do joint blog entries so those of you who get both are bored twice... I havent done one since India but here is the link for rach's first one http://www.statravelblogs.com/kiwi_rach/blog/india/dehra-dun Today we were robbed. A thief climbed in through our window, crept over our table, crossed the room, grabbed the items in question and casually strolled back out the way he came. Ignoring our screaming in terror, clutching his loot...