EXPLORING JAIPUR For the past two days we have been exploring Jaipur, India's pink city. It is so named because of the pink clay the buildings are made with. The city, particularly MI road is hectic and engages all your senses. The pink clay is bright and shines in your eyes, the traffic is congested so there is a constant din of horn honking, the ground is dusty and littered leaving a powerful smell of decay. That may all sound terrible, and perhaps to some it...

DISCOVERING DELHI This post could not be more different to my previous one. Since my nightmare beginning in Delhi we have stayed in an Indian mansion, located 30km outside of Delhi. It is a paradise amongst squalor. This is obviously very typical of India, and I envisage that this will be a common theme throughout these posts. Today we did what all good tourists do and went sightseeing around the greater Delhi area. We hired Rohit, out driver for the next two d...

TOURISTS AT THE TAJ We were up early to make the trip to the Taj Mahal, creeping out of Delhi in a more inconspicuous manner than that which I arrived in. The trip was 4 hours, and we arrived at 9.30am. It turned out to be crucial, as the day became very warm and the taj later became crowded with tourists and locals. The Taj is an amazing piece of architecture. It took 22 years to build, and though it's reputation precedes it, it's beauty was everything and mor...

MY MARE Today was quite possibly the worst day of my adult life. I have been up for 27 hours straight. At times walking the streets of New Delhi I feared for my life. This may sound melodramatic, and it potentially is, however this was a harrowing experience for a young white boy. I caught the metro train to the city centre from the airport. I was pleasantly surprised with the cleanliness and quality of the infrastructure thus far. On my way I observed some ver...