Day 28 - Madurai - Sunday 13th November 2011 We pulled into Madurai station at about 7am - on time! Bhanu's husband was picking her up and so she offered to take us to a hotel in their car. With heavy bags and without a hotel booked, we jumped at the offer. We said our goodbyes to Swami and Salam and were greeted by Bhanu's husband …. He kindly took us to a hotel, sorted our rooms, booked us in and then helped us to the room. We fell straight to sleep as we di...

Day 25 -Ahmedabad airport to Bangalore - Thursday 10th November 2011 After what has to be the bumpiest train journey of all time (seriously, I swear I spent half the journey actually in the air), we arrived at Bangalore airport. 5 hours early for our flight and having not slept for the previous 9 hours, we ambled idly into the airport restaurant hoping that coffee and food would make us feel more alive! After some breakfast, we finally were able to check in and ...

Day 20 -Jodhpur to Udaipur - Saturday 5th November 2011 Our bus was due to leave at 7.30am so we were up and drinking chai at 6.30am on our rooftop, watching the sun rise over the fort. Nisha, the lady who runs the guest house, packed us on our way with a little packed lunch just in case we got hungry on our bus journey - so sweet! First impressions of the bus were good and we were optimistic about our forthcoming 7 hour journey - how wrong we were! Now, I am a ...

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...