Out of the Lonely Planet, ignoring the comments about off-hand staff, this hotel proved to be very comfortable and accommodating, with staff who were very helpful.
Out of Delhi at last! Taj Mahal here we come. May 5th 2010 Wednesday 5 May
Things didn’t quite work out the way we would have liked with regard to the car insurance. What should have been an hour or two to sort out paperwork turned out to be a further night spent at the hotel in Delhi. Also, our resolve to see the Foreigners Regional Registration Office and get our visas changed to allow us to enter and return from Nepal in a week was totally dashed ... read more
Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Agra The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more
At the beginning of 2008 two of us were discussing cars while John was reading his Classic Car magazine and read out an advertisement asking for entrants to take part in the re-run of the greatest and longest endurance rally of all time – the 1968 London to Sydney race, which was won by Andrew Cowan in a Hillman Hunter – now a classic car. We decided to enter.
The rally was due to start in November 2008 from London and finish in Sydney on the 10th December but it never did materialise – due to Australian quarantine issues – they refused to allow cars to proceed into Oz without a two day Â... full info