Nepal...Nepal....beautiful Nepal! I have fallen in love with this country already! After another very uneventful border(so lucky with borders so far!) I set my tent up for the first time in 3weeks in the middle of what appeared to be jungle....surrounded by fireflies and dung beetles(?)! Tent whiffs a bit now! Oh the coolness...though it was short lived as we hit the humidity the next day in Chitwan National Park. The people here are the smiliest yet....so many g...

Punchie, John, Stu, Will, Nicole and myself decieded that a long drive from Agra to Varanasi in 40 degree heat would be best avoided by taking the train instead....not that we really needed an excuse to takea train...we are in India after all! It also gave us another day in Delhi while the rest of the group were sweating their little bottoms off on the truck! Managed to squeeze in a trip to the red fort in Old Delhi and another wander through the bazaars as well ...

 Delhi is wicked and def on the 'Places to return to' list! Shopped in the many billions of bazaars, got really excited about a burger...which had questionable meat content, swore at touts(sometimes it's the only way) and celebrated Danny's birthday in TGI Fridays(his choice not ours!) drinking extortionate cocktails! He seemed to have a good time though! Headed to Old Delhi the following day....now that is how I expected Delhi to be! Bazaars...

The Pakistan/Indian border closing ceremony said it all! On the Pakistan side sat hundreds of men and a few women in separate stands, all dressed in white Beige or Black. On the Indian side.......women, children, families....dancing, singing, the brightest coloured sari's I've ever seen.....and smiles galore! The mood on the truck lifted the instant we cressed the border...the rain(though only a little) also helped as the temp dropped a little and we were...

Islamabad...hot..very hot...very very hot...and we camped! But....I did find a swimimng pool! After Polly being molested by an old man we made our way to the Faisal mosque, the biggest mosque in the world! It's a very modern mosque and it was a breath of fresh air chilling out in the gardens. We also met some really nice people who were interested in chatting and not just having their photos taken with us! We then escaped the heat in the marriot hotel and were tr...