Hi Everyone, I hope you are all well. We are now in Kolkata with Deep's Aunty and Uncle. They have a gorgeous apartment in the South of Kolkata on 22nd floor overlooking the city. We have been really spoilt here and if we didn't have a flight booked for tomorrow, I think we'd be camping down for much longer!! The last update e-mail I sent everyone was sent from Agra. As you know, from there we got a train to Madhubani to visit Deep's Dad's sister and her husband. They run a school in Madhubani which is a small rural village [View Full Entry]

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Hi All As we have now arrived in Agra we thought we would drop you all another line with our latest news. We arrived in Agra yesterday after a 12 hour journey on the train from Haridwar, an hour's car journey from Rishikesh. Although I didn't say it to Deep at the time, I was secretly really worried about the train journey! (i.e., the toilets!). Whilst it wasn't pleasant, it certainly wasn't as bad as it could have been and as we were travelling 2nd class AC, we had our own bed/ bunks and seats. I'm getting more and more used [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone, Rishikesh is a wonderful place and soooo different from Delhi in every possible way. Whilst Delhi was a mix of madness and chaos, Rishikesh is a tranquil and serene place with a spiritual air. Our hostel is way up in the mountains and about a 1.5km walk from the main river (Ganges) crossing. The suspension bridge that crosses the river is about 3 metres wide and 100m long. It's split in to 2 'lanes' when you come on and off of it - but as you can imagine, once you are actually walking across it, the 'lanes' disappear as [View Full Entry]

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Well what can we say about Delhi?!...It's a chaotic mix of culture, sounds, sights and smells. We arrived safely yesterday morning about 6am after a good flight in from Heathrow. Luckily we had arranged for a car to pick us up from the airport and after a rather death-defying journey weaving through auto-rickshaws, bikes, cars, roaming cows and lots and LOTS of people, we arrived at our hotel. As it was still early and neither of us had managed to sleep on the flight, we grabbed a couple of hours shut eye before venturing out for some lunch. Despite all of [View Full Entry]

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With only 4 working days left, the countdown has really begun!...can't wait to get on that plane - but will of course miss everyone!! [View Full Entry]

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