Day 7 - Varanasi - Saturday 22nd October 2011 We woke at 6am and after an hour of broken conversation with the Indian men in our carriage, mostly centring the subject of cricket, our train pulled into Varanasi station. My first sight was of a man weeing next to a pile of poo - even for me, it was a little too early in the morning for that! The pickup driver from our hostel was patiently waiting for us (even though we were over an hour late due to train delays) w...

Day 4 - Delhi to Agra - Thursday 20th October 2011 We were up and out early this morning, 4.45am to be precise, to meet our taxi. The taxi ride was about 10 mins to New Delhi station where our train was waiting for us at platform 1. Although this was is only a 2 hour train journey we still got breakfast, warm milk and cornflakes followed by a spicy samosa! The journey was interesting - watching the world go by and the locals having their early morning poo on the...

Day 1 - London Heathrow to Delhi - Monday 17th October 2011 After a gruelling 9 hour flight from London Heathrow, with two babies directly behind Sophie continuously crying through the night, we landed in Delhi. The actual flight was pretty decent which was a bit of a surprise, as neither Soph nor I had ever heard of the famous 'Kingfisher Airways'. Anyway, Ravi, our driver was there to meet us and we jumped in the Tata Estate and were off to see Meera at our h...