Beijing BabyThe flight although with the dubious 'Air Ethipia' actually turned out to be fine and was virtually empty so we could sprawl out and sleep. There was however some demented Chinese guy, entirely unchaperoned on board who attempted to smoke during the flight and wouldn't listen to any of the in flight staff. Still at least he provided more entertainment than the films! Arrived in Beijing at around 6pm to be nicely surprised by Thom waiting f...

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...

 Actually this covers Mumbai and Goa, not Rajasthan but dont know how to change the title! India baby. And so our adventure began. After arriving in Mumbai courtesy of BA, we found ourselves in the thick of it straigthaway with a crazy taxi driver who was to escort us to our hotel. First impressions of Mumbai were rather barrowing. Many a person is to be found residing at best in slums, or just simply by the roadside. Obviously got a fair few stares bei...