The last leg of our trip took us from Varanassi in the north 1500 Km south to the buisness capital Mumbai (Bombay). The train took us 28 hours to get there which is always interesting on Indian trains! About half way through the middle of the country there seemed to be an area where people hadn't seen western tourists before, so we and a couple of French girls who sat next to us had vast audiences at most train stations and at one stage, even on the train when ab...

Hey all, just come from Agra and the home of the Taj Mahal which was absolutely amazing. India is growing on me now and you now accept all the random things you see as just being India! That includes everyone who uses the streets as toilets and the cows that just wonder the streets eating out of the piles of rubbish that are litterally everywhere!! We are now in the holy city of Varanassi and this morning we woke at 5.30am and took a 2 hour boat ride down t...

India is living up to expectations of complete chaos with amazing landscapes and experiences! We arrived in Delhi at night and were taken by a suspected non taxi to a hotel in Delhi where cows wonder the streets eating out of the piles of rubbish and touts try and collect up the last few unsuspecting tourists. Delhi is a city of various smells, noise levels and people so we didn't stay very long and were quite happy to leave asap! From there we took a train ...