With Noel's hangover cured, from the camel sesh, we continued on with our desert adventure. We arrived in Johdpur, a city in which every building is painted blue, intended to bring good fortune. In the 45 deg heat we rambled around the city's fort set on a cliff side to take in the impressive views. On this tour we soon discovered we were being bombarded with fort after fort and palace after palace. It was like going to England and just doing a National Trust tou...

From the tropical palm trees and beaches of Goa we are now stranded in the sand dunes and dry heat of the Rajasthan desert! We caught the overnight express train Mumbai to Delhi. With 30mins to spare we realized we at the wrong station so we had to hitched ride with the most wild Mumbain taxi driver to ever grace the roads, following 10 near death crashes we made on the train on time. Finally settled with some food on our lap and the scenery rushing past, an inq...

To finish our time in Mumbai we caught a boat across to Elephant Island and explored its old Hindu temples caved into the cave walls. We caught a sleeper coach down to Goa. It was a 16hr journey but luckily we had beds and AC, unfortunately Tay had to sleep next to an Indian boy in a Spiderman outfit!! Goa is beautiful, and we found an idyllic beach called Palolem and stayed on a hut looking over the Indian Ocean. Once again we indulged in the local delicacie...

On the plane we travelled like royalty, waited on hand and foot, free drinks, top movies, etc…from now on BA all the way, never going back. We landed in Mumbai at the dead of night into an overwhelming concrete jungle, consumed in ominous chaos. We honestly thought what the hell have we let ourselves in for!! The hotel room, nicknamed 'The Cell', is pretty basic but clean! The first evening we thought we'd treat ourselves and ate in a luxurious restaurant an...