Agra is the home of the Taj Mahal, a spectacular and stunning monument to love. There doesn't seem to be much else to love about Agra, (we did try), but the Taj well and truly made up for minor Agra disasters like bedbugs and overbooked train seats!Our trip to Agra began with a 5 hour bus journey on a local bus to the railhead at Jhansi. It was the sort of trip that had you wanting to close your eyes as the driver swerved to miss cows, people and trucks but y...

We decided that rather than a 15 hour bumpy bus ride to the next place we wanted to visit we would take a flight. Our first impressions of Khajuraho were not good! We had booked a hotel and airport pickup from our previous hotel and whilst there was a man to pick us up a massive argument amongst taxi drivers broke out with us in the middle. Apparently the driver who was picking us up did not belong to the taxi drivers union. We sought help from a policeman who sa...

 Varanasi's main attraction for visitors are the gnats on the mighty and sacred Ganges. The gnats are ancient steps down into the water and provide an amazing spectacle of colour and humanity as Indians gather on the steps to bathe, pray and cremate their dead. To die in Varanasi and be cremated there is the ultimate for Hindus who believe that having the Ganges as their final resting place breaks the cycle of reincarnation.After a rather tiring trip on the ...

Delhi is overwhelming at first particularly if you arrive in the early hours of the morning and your hotel, booked on the Internet, bears no resemblance to the pictures. Welcome to India!Our flight was delayed and then luggage retrieval took more than an hour. After that a 45 minute journey to our hotel meant it was 4.00am before we found our bed in a very "downmarket" hotel and area in the Paharganj district. After a few hours sleep (our hotel was very noisy) we...