Jaipur On the back of another overnight train journey, we arrived in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, at the unearthly hour of 5am. After finding our accommodation, we dived into bed for a couple of hours kip before meeting up with one of Sam's buddies from law school - Harpreet. The next few days were quite a treat for us since her family own a couple of restaurants in the city. We decided to relax on day 1 and enjoy a 'pool day' in one of the ...

Udaipur - our first stop on the whistle stop tour of Rajasthan. It is an incredibly beautiful city, with its centre piece being a lake within which a former palace (now hotel) is situated. For the Bond fans, this one is for you: Octop**** was filmed here and the locals will not let you forget it! All of the profess to have been part of this momentous occasion in one way or another. Not only that but every cafe/restaurant/eatery in town shows the film without fail...

After relaxing down in Goa for a few days, we then journeyed back up to Mumbai to meet Al who had just spent a week in Dubai. This time however, a much smoother journey by overnight train complete with sleeper beds and linen! A far cry from the ramshackle bus nightmare.We met Al in the Salvation Army hostel (basic but very reasonable) and quickly informed him that there was very little to do in Mumbai except develop respiratory problems so we decided it was best ...

Agra and Delhi After saying our goodbyes to Harpreet and her family, we got the bus to Agra, home of the famed Taj Mahal. UNfortunately, our forward planning had arranged for us to get to Agra in time to see the Taj a sunset. Sadly once more, Indian transport got the better of us. First our bus was cancelled so we had to wait for another one. After eventually boarding it, we were then stationary for 2hrs. Spitting feathers, I stormed back to the travel ...

Mt Abu/Jodhpur/Jaisalmer. 1) Mt Abu - We were quite interested about how this mountain town little number was going to pan out. Apparently it's a very popular holiday destination for the natives, in particularly those from Gujarat. We soon discovered however that there was very little to do. Owing to the time of year, we were unable to do a mountain trek for fear of bears attacking us! We therefore settled down for the night chez our hotel with some well...