We'll put a photo up when we work out how we put photos on. Unfortunately the connections here arent the best so it probably wont be until we get to Japan or Australia. Anyway, Delhi was actually a lot nicer than we thought it would be. Its not as busy as Mumbai and they obviously think more of trees here. We went on a tour of the city and saw all the big sites here. Including Inida gate, a massive Hindu temple and the railway museum. Outside the museum we ...

After touring Delhi we decided to head south to Jaipur. We managed to arrange through the hotel for a taxi driver to take us for a week long tour of Jaipur, Ranthambhore and Agra. Not really the backpacking spirit but it was actually really cheap and it meant we had a guide to keep us out of trouble! We spent two nights in Jaipur and saw all three of its forts including Amber fort, where we got an elephant ride to the top of the hill and back down when we ha...

Cant get much better than this for xmas and new year! Lying on the beach with temperatures in the 30's and food and drink so cheap we could eat and drink as much as we could (and thats a lot!) for less than ten pounds a day for both of us. The place we stayed at was really nice and bamboo beach huts are suprisingly comfortable. Would have loved to stay here for longer if we had realised how good it was. We hired a moped (sorry mum!) and went down the c...

We only had a few days in Mumbai before we headed down to Goa but we think that was long enough for our first time in India! We hired a taxi for a day to do a tour of the city which meant we could see a lot in one day! We saw the gateway of India which was really impressive as well as Mumbai beach (not so impressive as other beaches we've been to but we have been spoiled so far), the national museum, and some really nice parks! Everywhere was really busy an...