We've hit Paradise!! After the last few days this place is clean and there's FRESH AIR! Arrived in Udaipur approx 07.00, we were picked up by Anwar and taken to Khumba Palace Hotel. The hotel is owned by Francine and Danesh and is on a hill with the Palace behind it and compared to the last few hotels it's beautiful. Not much noise from the street and there's a lovely garden with a fountain and a brilliant view. On arrival we were greeted by the hotel dog, Roxy, ...

Arrived in Agra after a horrific night in AC3, god Indian people can be so loud and inconsiderate! Agra is busy, dusty and dirty and there's monkey's EVERYWHERE but we're used to that now. Because we'd changed our plans we were no longer stopping over, we had to lock our rucksacks in the lockers at the station for Rs20. We got a taxi to the Taj Mahal after being hassled to do a full tour, how many ways of saying 'no' is there?! It was just after sunrise so not th...

Varanasi - The Temple City Floating down the River Ganges on a small wooden boat, our guide pointing out temples and palaces built on the banks as we glide along in the fast approaching moonlight, our eyes struggling to make out shapes and figures on the riverbanks, people worshipping, some swimming and boats everywhere tonight due to the locals celebrating, this festival at Varanasi is dedicated to River Ganga. On the way back upstream amongst the boats and f...

Arrived in Delhi at 06.20, OMG it's hot!! Once we'd got our rucksacks we made our way out to where our 'taxi' was waiting. A young Indian lad handed us over to the taxi driver and we were off! Driving to the hotel was an experience, everyone honking their horns and driving all over the place, there were road markings but everyone disregarded this and did their own thing, including our driver! The smells are unreal, shanty's and people asleep on the street, dry, s...