We left India in style! No trains so we had to get a bus from Agra. The monsoon was plonking it down and we were stuck in a tuktuk trying to find a way to Delhi for hours on end. Luckily, a private luxury bus turned up on the road and we were able to walk (swim) onto it. The bus didn't stop in the centre of Delhi and we were stuck in the middle of no where, needing to get to the airport, with not a clue where we were. Bill eventually agreed to getting in a tu...

We saw it and we got the photo!The Taj was breathtaking. It very much lived up to expectations and I am thrilled that I've been able to witness its beauty. We even had a good view of the Taj from our hotel bedroom. Agra itself is terrible, with the most vicious of street hawkers we'd encountered so far. It's a shame, as lots of what they were trying to sell was really beautiful. We just ended up feeling cross a lot of the time. Most disturbing were th...

We were looking forward to escaping the hustle and bustle of the overcrowded cities to a more relaxed pace of life in Kerala. I was particuarly looking forward to hiring a houseboat along the backwaters, after having seen them on a travel show when I was about 12! We nearly didn't make it onto the aeroplane after we went to the wrong terminal, 30mins away from the correct one.Kerala was much more peaceful but unfortunately, the monsoon was much more apparent ...