Unfortunately I had written a blog for Orccha but I had to delete the app as it was crashing,typically it hadn't saved anything so I'm a bit annoyed about that one.

Orccha seems a nice little place,a lot less busier than Agra or Delhi. The accommodation was permanent tents set in a quiet nice garden. The tents were ok, although the canvas above the shower was covered in black mould so I'm sure that won't be good for the chest.

The first place we explored was the Orchha palace ruins which overlooked the town. I enjoyed it, I can't remember any history of it as I was too busy taking pictures. Afterwards we explored the town, I got the usual hassle of wanting to take photos with me, with the added benefit of an old man following around the town.

In the evening we went down to the Betwa river and watched the sunset. The bridge that we watched it from was particularly dangerous as it was narrow and was used for vehicles. It wasn't too bad for motorbikes but as soon as a bus came it was quite hair raising perched on the side of bridge with the river running underneath.

Thursday morning I chilled most of the day, although I went to some ruins about 10 minutes from the hotel in the evening to explore. The ruins were now being used to breed Indian vultures which I thought was quite cool, probably more spectacular than the ruins themselves.

Friday a few of us went back into the town to see if we could visit a local school. We did manage to get into a private school and children were really pleasant and seemed happy to meet us. We also managed to visit a public school and that was a completely different, the children were far less pleasant and the teachers weren't much better either.

In the evening we went to a temple to catch the 7pm ceremony. It was quite an eerie event although I was fax instead in it, it sorted of reminded me of Indiana and Temple of Doom.

The evening time we visited an Indian family house where they gave a lesson in vegetarian Indian cooking. The lesson was very different to what I've experiences before as they cooked it in front of you and we didn't actually do any cooking. The food was nice, probably the best meal I've had here since arriving. After the tea the woman were giving out henna tattoos so i decided to get one, they told me it would only last a couple of weeks so hopefully itll be gone by the time I get back. I'm not sure what it's supposed to be either, it looks like an elephant, but who knows. It looks to me like a sperm cell with ears

Following the meal it was quick return to the hotel to pick out luggage up before catching the overnight train. The station platform was humourous, bulls and beggars and constant staring locals were the theme. I'm not sure how the bull had got through security but he was happy roaming the platform eating out of the bins. The locals were constantly staring as well, one lad was literally inches away from us, the tour leader had to tell him to go away as it was getting disturbing. I hate overnight trains as I never get any sleep, this one was no different. I was in a carriage with 3 bunk beds stacked on top of each other. There was no curtain or door to the carriage so there was no privacy and also it wasn't long enough for me...I could barely lift my head of the pillow without hitting the middle bunk. It was a s*** night's sleep, the local on the opposite middle bunk was snoring like a trooper and I was sleeping with my knees up due to little space. The locals were getting up all night to get off at different stops which didn't help either.

I was glad for the morning so I could get off the train and also as we were catching a bus to take us to our boats on the Ganges to sail down towards Varanasi. We were picked up by a proper hippy driver wearing white robes and a flower necklace with curly long hair. He took us to the boats, driving through quite a lot of local villages drying out cow s*** for fuel. The boat journey was good, I enjoyed it, it was nice to get away from the commotion on the roads and the constant beeping. The boats were lot smaller than I expected, but we were on them for a few hours before banking on a sand bank where we were going to camp overnight.

Camping was pleasant and the food was really nice. It got quite cold at night and the fog dropped and literally you couldn't see the person next to you. It wast that bad, although going off to the toilet added complications. Sleep was a little s*** as well as the tent wasn't long enough for me so I was a little cramped, it will be nice to get to a hotel to sleep in a bed that is nearly long enough for me.