"And so, the end is near, we finished off our final naan bread. We faced, the scorching heat, and we've explored, upon our mo-ped. The roads, were always full, And all the trains, were packed, night and day. But still, and most of all, we did it........ Our.... Way." UDAIPUR The names Raw......Dan Raw. The arrival at our final destination was surrounded with intense excitement and Dan near wetting his pants at first sighting Octop**** s palace. ...

"Quickly, quickly, move outside, smoke in train. Fire, very bad, move move!" We are confusedly awoken on our night train to Delhi by much drama and a crazy eyed Indian guy pulling the Emergency Stop chain in our compartment. We hurriedly unchained our rucksacks in anticipation of an emergency exit. The family in our compartment though, would not move until they'd finished eating (for the 5th time that evening). Drama aside, it was probably one of the funniest t...

After hours of deliberation, discussion, remorse & ultimately sacrifice, we decided that the hawk would not be capable of the trip to Calcutta & we had to let her go. On calculation, at the speeds she was capable of, it would have taken around 8 weeks. We decided to stick with the train. CALCUTTA Nowhere else in India conjures as much apprehension & derision as the much maligned city of Calcutta (now renamed Kolkatta) so we stepped from the train early ...

First of all, the good news is that we have now booked all of our remaining train journeys in India, unfortunately this 'simple' task took an entire afternoon to plan around FIFA and James Bond - the Octop**** film location.....all I (LJ) can say is THANK GOODNESS Star Wars wasn't filmed here!!!! On the flip side, we still have the majority of the Bond franchise locations to explore over the next 11months, and don't even get me started on Lord of the Rings! ...

"Dan, I can't believe how smooth these trains are, it's almost as if we're not even moving"...... Dan glances out through the curtains, "we're not love, we're still in the station, try get some sleep dear." And so onto the southern most tip of India...... KANNIYAKUMARI Bit of a stroke of luck that we were not staying here overnight, not a lot to see or do to be honest. This is the place where 3 oceans (the Indian, Arabian Sea & Bay of Bengal) all meet...