Varanasi, a train journey, Agra, another fight on the buses, Jaipur

Wonderful!
Hi Debbie, I can't thank you enough for the wonderful blog. Reading it makes me feel as if I am in a small way part of the adventure! Have you thought of taking up a career as a writer? My husband is also enjoying them very much - so many thanks and keep them coming! Spring has definitely arrived here. The rain has stopped for most of this week and the daffs, primroses etc are all dancing about nicely. (Shades of William Wordsworth and 'I wandered Lonely as a Cloud'). We have just come back from a long walk over the cliffs from Ladram Bay to Branscombe. I'm not sure if you have heard about the shipwreck off the coast near us but just in case you haven't a cargo boat bound for South Africa went aground off Branscombe a small village on the Devon coast very near to where we live. Once people heard about it, hundreds of vans arrived from all over the country and people started taking the cargo off. It took 4/5 days for the Devon police to organise protection and by then there were many sad stories of people sending personal possessions to SA who had lost them. Some scavengers did have their conscienses pricked and returned stuff but much has been whisked away and presumably sold on markets and car boot sales. When we went over the tops today the cargo containers left on the deck had all been taken off onto tugs and barges to continue their journey and the work has begun to clear the hold - which is still full. The ship has tipped on the sandbank and is being restrained by tugs and ropes. The beach is littered with rubbish and damaged containers. We were very lucky though because not as many birds as was expected were damaged by the oil which seems to have been dealt with first. I'm off to London for the week this week to help with some training and to finish off some bits of DfES work. Looking forward to hearing about the next phase of your travels. Keep enjoying....til we 'speak' again. XX Bonny