Our final day in Delhi (on the tour) a few of us rise early to head out and see if we can get any tickets for the commonwealth games. After a tour hour bounce around Delhi visiting 2 of the stadiums and not having much luck getting tickets, liz and I head to Connaught place to get a well needed coffee. Bu before j mention that I have to say something about the bus journey earlier that morning. After being stranded at the dirt stadium with a ticket counter that ha...

After our fleeting early visit to mandawa we leave for the long drive back to Delhi. It turns out that we were in the same van with the 'hole' still in it but a new window. The same driver though which started bringing back some of the realisation that we were destination Delhi. When we arrived late afternoon I we amazed at how they had managed to turn the city round in a few weeks from how dirty it was before. Karol Bagh, the district we were staying in had been...

So We finally leave Delhi after the crazy few days it has been and get a private bus ( with tourist written on it - yea thats wise in the current situation) and take a 6 hour journey to agra. An interesting ride driving in a cocoon through broken down streets with cows and dogs in the road. We arrive around 6pm settle in and have a few beers and go to a lovely small restaurant called udipi and try our first thali. Amazingly yummy and so much food! We then head b...

After another mosquito infested night we woke early for our first packed touristy day as a group. We opened the curtain and it was pouring it down. O well as tourists are we were adant to still go see our sites. We started by heading to a beautiful Hindu temple where bishan ( our tour leader) gave us an indepth view into the history and culture and gave a very detailed description about the statues, carvings and paintings. We then proceeded on to the parliament h...

So first day I get woken up by a phonecall to my to my room letting me know that a couple of other people from my tour had arrived and were free to catch up and take a first tackle at the mayhem that is Delhi. We grouped up ( me jen and pete) threw in 350 rupees each and had a taxi fr the day to take us to various sites. All of us were quite jetlagged so loved the air conditioned chaffeur style or the day! We visited qutab minar, the lotus temple (stunning) parli...