Got up at 6.30 this morning to sort out my luggage for the flight to Bangalore.  They're very hot on the checked-in baggage weight here, although oddly they don't seem to care how much you carry on ( Read more... )

Our rickshaw drivers dropped us off by the Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds), which is unexpectedly parked in the middle of a row of tourist tat shops on the main road, but is beautiful nonetheless, and then we were free!  Finally, our first opportunity to run off on our own and immerse ourselves in all that India out there!  Carol and I were fairly ( Read more... )

I breakfasted this morning on pancakes with bacon and maple syrup, and watermelon juice ( Read more... )

Mango juice and papaya for breakfast again this morning ( Read more... )

Another very early start this morning for a game drive starting at 7am ( Read more... )

Not such an early start this morning, thank goodness ( Read more... )

Wake up call at 5am, bleurgh ( Read more... )

Quick summary as my internet time for now is running out ( Read more... )

On the way to Agra we stopped at a little restaurant in the middle of nowhere.  They had laid out a marquee for us with flower petals aranged to say 'Welcome' on the grass outside.  Most people opted for some chips or a sandwich but I had malai kofta which were really yummy, and some lime soda (soda water with fresh lime juice) which was refreshing ( Read more... )

Drove by coach from the airport to the Hyatt Regency in the south of New Delhi, a very posh but impersonal business hotel, for a quick wash and brush up.  All mod cons but strange toiletries which were various colours but all smelled the same ( Read more... )