Day 18 -Jodhpur - Thursday 3rd November 2011 Somewhat surprisingly, our train actually arrived early into Jodhpur. This took us by complete surprise and we were woken up by the train conductor telling us to get off as everyone else had left the train! Given that our check-in time for Heaven guest house was 12pm, we were a little bit worried that we wouldn't be allowed in. But Nisha was more than welcoming and gave us her bedroom to sleep in until our room was r...

Day 16 - Jaisalmer Safari - Tuesday 1st November 2011 With Pushkar in our rear view mirror we headed for Jaisalmer, which is still in the territory of Rajasthan but about as close to the Pakistan boarder as it gets. Soph had organised the camel safari with a company called Trotters Independent Travels, yes you heard it right, Trotters Independent Travels!! I was happy as this is probably the best named travel agent ever!! As Soph had arranged the safari, it was...

Day 14 - Jaipur to Pushkar - Saturday 29th October 2011 After a bit of breakfast on the Pearl's rooftop, we headed to the local bus station to catch our bus to Pushkar. The bus driver very unfriendly and after him abruptly telling us we were in the wrong seats, we moved to our seats to at the back of the bus. The journey was only 3 hours (with a stop in between for a quick chai and paratha at a service station) but it felt like an eternity. Let's put it this w...

Day 12 - Kolkata to Jaipur - Thursday 27th October 2011 Today we fly back to the other side of India to do the 'Rajasthan Rumble' landing in Jaipur, before a 12 day adventure around the whole state, via Indigo airlines today!! After our hotel picking us up from Jaipur airport, we arrived at the Pearl Palace and could instantly see why everyone raves about the place. It's our cheapest place so far at 1150rps a night (about £15 a night) and is worth every penny ...

Day 9 - Kolkata - Monday 24th October 2011 "CHAI, CHAI, CHAI, CHAI, CHAI!" Who drinks Chai at 4am in the morning?!?! The Indians, it seems!! We woke much earlier than we'd hoped; you have to be a really deep sleeper to sleep through the hustle and bustle of the sleeper carriage without stirring! After a much needed cup of chai, we were awake and as alert as the rest of the carriage. To kill time, I read literally the whole of the Kolkata section of th...