After yesterday's tribulations I was anxious to get back into the smooth consistency of site-seeing and taking in what India had to offer. Unfortunately, the Taj Mahal is closed on a Friday as it is used solely for Muslim prayer. This threw a hefty spanner in the works for us as we were only supposed to spending one night in Agra before trundling onto Pushkar. With out train delays yesterday we didn't get the opportunity to see the Taj in the afternoon as we ha...

I am certain that everyone, even non-religious people like myself, have wondered what hell must or could be like. The imagination probably drew up images of flames, pitchforks and lots of howling? Well, you don't need to imagine anymore as I can give you a first hand account of the place. It all started around 23:10 in Varanasi... When our receptionist, Ram, inspected our train tickets that had been sent earlier in the day from our absolutely diabolical tourism ...