Another day, another local bus ride...but this one was only 3 hours. Yesterday we reached Bikaner, a much larger town than Mandawa. We were given a tour of the Fort in Bikaner, which is where the Raj of Bikaner used to live. The building was really impressive and had so many ornately decorated rooms, 3 tonne doors and solid silver chairs! Yesterday evening we drove in Jeeps (very very scary experience: the driver spent most of the time on the wrong side of the ...

hi again... hmmm where did we leave off...delhi? delhi was really crazy and cool but we were relieved to be getting away to somewhere quieter. on wednesday we had a SEVEN HOUR BUS JOURNEY on the local bus (no air con, cramped seating, staring,etc). the bus was extremely bumpy and the toilets at the rest stops were GROSS, but the scenery was gorgeous and very green in some places. the local people on the bus were really welcoming and chatted to us, and the kids w...

After a very early start we boarded a local bus which was extremely crowded and lots of people were staring at us. Just as we all managed to get seats the bus broke down.... grrrrrrrrrreat! We then got a different bus to one of the Mosques (we can't remember the name - name and pictures to follow!) It was so beautiful although there were MILLIONS of pigeons swarming around and a strange bird man who was 'sweeping' the floor by waving rags around his head until t...

Okay, short blog this evening, we met our tour group and they are LOVELY. There are 5 girls from Australia that know each other, Gayle who is Irish and a little older, Bill and Barb from Canada who are retired and Janette who is grumpy lol - Pam will be joining us tomorrow. We ventured out on our own today, went to the shops and a bank and had a nosey about :) It is lovely and sunny and not too hot! Apart from that the only thing I want to say is that I ate ...

Hey Hey, We actually made it here alive!!! Flight was delayed, transfer wasn't there and we were stuck outside Delhi airport with no clue of what to do, between me (jess) being awful with accents and Sarah being occassionally deaf we were stuck!!... had to find our own taxi with the help of our air steward who randomly appeared and came to our rescue (he was one of the only ones that Sarah hadn't asked for something on the plane ;) ) nearly died in a "taxi&...