Having now booked our flights to Thailand on 30th November. We decided we still want to get to the North of India to see Delhi, the Taj Mahl and Ganges. Being heavily put off by the prospect of 52+ hours on a train to go from the South of India to the North we're now flying from Chennai to Delhi which does cost a bit more but only takes 2.5-3hrs and gives us more time to see everything we want to.

We've just done an 18hr bus to Mamallpuram on the east coast in Tamil Nadu there's a crocodile sanctuary up the road so we plan on checking that out, then over the space of the next week we're going to Delhi then Agra to see the Taj, Varanasi to see the Ganges (with dead people floating down it) then onto our final Indian destination of Calcutta. During our last week we'll be on one local bus, once local train, one plane and two sleeper trains which we haven't experienced yet (one train we're actually 8th, 9th and 10th on the waiting list ) so please all keep your fingers crossed that we all get a seat!!

Will give you all the gory details once we've got over them!!! Hope you're all well!?!?

Dee, Steve and Roger