Day 3 in Pune and it was time to head a little further afield, we hired a driver (Shafiq) and a car (with seatbelts) to take us round the historical sights of Pune. We were very fortunate to have amazing staff at the hotel and Neha helped us put together an itinerary of the main points of interest. In the north of the city there are three points of 'interest', two prisons and a mental asylum. And so our tour of south Pune began. Driving around, we started to s...

Train from Mumbai to Pune. Our first mistake was getting a taxi to the station, as he turned up 20 mins late. Each time we put our packs to walk there, the bell boys at the hotel rushed over saying it would only be 5 minutes. They ended up hailing a cab that was just going passed.  Mistake no2: The taxi driver asked which platform we needed, platform 17 I pluck from somewhere. So we got dropped off at the arse end of the furthest platform to where we actually n...

First things first, this is not our photo So, here we are finally in Mumbai, all of the nerves about putting our 'normal' lives on hold seem to have gone and we're hyped about getting out here and seeing parts of the world that we have only dreamed of.    We had an amazing flight over, we managed to watch 15 minutes of a film before thankfully we both managed to get a few hours sleep.  As we approached Mumbai airport and when the clouds parted for a few sec...