so we continue...Still in Ranakhpur, the hotel we stayed in here was probably the most basic of the tour. This wouldn't normally be a problem (we've been to a few festivals between us!), we appeared to be greatly inconveniencing the staff just by turning up. Not really a high point, despite the beautiful scenery and amazing Jain temple. The basic rooms went a little deeper than not being too clean and having no air con - they were also resplendent with a 'challen...

Hi Everyone, Sorry about the gap from the first update but while were on the tour it was quite difficult to spend a few hours on the "steam powered" internet connections trying to write an update. Anyway here is the next one... hope it's been worth the wait. As Jemma put, the first blog was written in Jaiselmer. What she didn't put is that apart from upsetting some grumpy scottish bloke sitting next to us by asking him to move his bag (how dare we), w...

Namaste! Greetings from Jaisalmer, near the Pakistan border. It's 40 degrees, there's a cow, a goat and two dogs outside the door, and we're in the land of random.We started in Delhi, based in Karol Bagh, a shopping district. With the heat and humidity, plus the long flights in, we were worn out when we got there, and even more overwhelmed once we got out and about - the begging children, piles of rubbish, wandering cows, crazy tangles of electricity cables an...

Hi Everyone. This is the beginning of our blog. I thought i would class Wolverhampton as my first location as it has certainly been a journey over the last few days. A lot of rushing around, queueing, finding and tidying all with the intention of trying to get all our things in order before the big "off". I think, eventually, everything seems to be all sorted now Thank you to everyone for all the cards, presents and best wishes you have given us. P...