Thanks for all of your messages they are really nice to read. We hope all is well back in snowy England. We arrived in Kolkatta last week and are still here!!! Longest time we have spent in one place so far. The train was hilarious, it is always a scramble to get on and with big back packs its even worse, on this occasion we managed to get to the correct carriage by ourselves (miracle!) but was stopped in our tracks by a large group of passengers arguing over their bunks, which actually belonged to us!! The aisle is SO narrow [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone, well we caught the train from Agra to Varanasi, it was packed to the brim. We had our own little section with bunk beds and a couple of strangers but was fine, we just slept (well i did helen didnt because she was paranoid about missing the stop!) Varanasi was wicked we went to the Ganges (the holy river) where all sorts occurs, yoga, public cremations, washing, meditation, boat rides and ceremonies. We took a boat ride along the ganges at sunset. We got stuck with aan interesting and overfriendly lady from Taiwan with the biggest camera we've ever [View Full Entry]

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Greetings from India!!! Again Thanks so much for your messages they make our day. Much love. Hey guys and family, right now we are sitting in a little cafe on the high street of Agra, we got up at the crack of dawn this morning (and tried to get packed during a power cut!)all to visit the Taj Mahal at sunrise and well.........it was so worth it it was ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT!!! you can see why it is a wonder of the world!!! (Pictures to come) We were amazed as we walked into the grounds, its breathtaking, nobody would think a building [View Full Entry]

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Well guys thank you so much for the messages, its great to read them all!! Come on Spurs!!! We have done quite a few miles since we last blogged, we changed direction slightly so we haven't seen Taj just yet but will do soon. We went from Delhi to Jaipur (the Pink City) which was pretty with a big lake (it was nice to see some water after crazy Delhi streets) The old city here was full of life and character, we picked up a little something for baby Freya - 1 year old today!!!!!! We then went on to the [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone this is our first blog entry!!! We are on a tight budget at the internet cafe tonight so gotta be quick.....nothing changes! Well what can we say we are having the time of our lives. After a long flight we made it to paharganj in Delhi which is the backpackers hub, it is crazy here, colourful, busy, smelly (there is an open urinal outside our hostel...nice!!!) We are at Hotel Namakar, the rooms are painted pink and basic but we have a flushing toilet and hot water so we feel priviliged. The streets are packed with people and also [View Full Entry]

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