End of our India trip

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Hello all,

(Cindy) This is James entry...

Trust you are keeping well. Didn't get to see the Saints pompey game but it sounds like we gave the skate a good thumping! We decided to get an earlier flight to Singapore from Delhi. Arriving here at 5am yesterday morning. We didn't have a problem finding something to do though as there is always somewhere to sit and chill for a while. We are staying in Little India funnily enough! Just stopped by at the Funan Centre. Toys everywhere you look. Cindy chilled out here in the cafe whilst I browsed around all the geeky stuff for a while. Whilst we are here though I thought I'd tell you about some funny things that have happened to us...

When we first visited the Taj Mahal we were awestruck, and so where all the Indian lads upon seeing Cindy. Blonde haired, blue eyed girls are hard to come by out here and everywhere you go you are sure to have several pairs of eyes following you! When we finished looking around the Taj I decided to take a few last pictures of the Sunset. I was merrily going about my work that I failed to notice the comotion going on behind me. I looked around to see about 50 Indians all huddled together. I could hear Cindy's well known laugh and then I saw her sat in the middle of the huddle, everyone jostling for position while they took it in turns to take pictures! All the commotion soon stopped when I came walking over and Cindy was left in the middle holding here nose. It turned out that one of the over-excited lads had mistakenly head-butted Cindy! Anyway the next thing I know Cindy's nose is streaming with blood and all the Indians are being shooed away. We nursed the wound better and thought nothing more of it. However upon leaving the Taj we we were ushered into a small room where the boy was being clapped around the head! We had to write a statement about what had happened so we wrote that whole thing had been an accident and we wanted no harm to come to the lad. Talk about OTT!

During our time in Agra we stayed in an Indian homestay, which was, shall we say, an Interesting experience! Whilst there we bumped into a Ozzy couple, Alan and Sarah. We enjoyed breakfast on a table next to them said our fairwells and thought nothing more of it. Little did we know that once we reached Rajastan we would bump into them again just as they were finishing there Dinner! This time the timing was not so great so we agreed to look them up if we visit Perth later in the year. So we exchanged emails and phone numbers and on we went with our trip. On to Samode and then back to Delhi. Something still didn't feel authentic about the trip but then I came down with a severe (mans) version of delhi belly and our trip seemed complete! On we went to Singapore. We spent most of the day monged out in our little box room staring at 4 walls and trying to sleep. We then got up and decided to venture in to town. Upon arriving at Orchard road MRT station we collected our $1 deposit and who do we bump into? Alan and Sarah! Jackie does this all seem to freaky? (Celestine prophecy) We ended up having a lovely meal along with Alan, Sarah, Alans brother Alvin and Letitia, a friend of theirs from Singapore, at the Riverside Tandoor in Clarke Quay. We talked about all the con tricks and antics of the Indians and promised that we would stay in touch and even add them to our Blogger site (Lucky people!)

Couldn't leave this entry without mentioning Rani the Elephant. Cindy wanted to bring her home but I don't think she would be allowed on the plane unless it was a Jumbo (Ha Ha). We took a ride up to the Amber Fort on Rani's back. Enjoy the piccies. Thanks for all your messages so far. Keep em coming. Luv James and Cinders

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Photos

City Palace Jaipur
With Palace guard at the City Palace in Jaipur.

Amber Fort at Jaipur
The Amber Fort Jaipur. View from below

Rani the Elephant
Farwelll to Rani. She loved having her trunk tickled by Cindy.

Riding Rani
Sitting on Ranis back before the hill climb.

Samode Summer Palace
This is still in it's original state and is about 300 yrs old! The sofa is adorned with silver. Cindy's been getting lots of ideas for interier designing while she's been in India :-}

Comments

[anonymous]

Hi there sorry i haven't e mailed sooner
hi there, good storys all ready sounds like you have bedded your self into the travelling lark well allready. expect the head butt my god are you ok, bit hard core. i have been travelling amost 7 months now and nothing happened to me like that, its probley some indian portsmouth fan and noticed james and took it out on you. ohhh the liverpool man u was shocking the southampton liverpool game was just as bad had everyone calling me alex and colin from work and collins found me deep in kings cross night mare. my mum and dad arrived last week done loads with them all ready took dad to the races on saturdy and i won loads of money and started buying bottles of champane and got him very drunk i had to put him to bed at 7.3 mum didn;t look to impressed but still who cares we both had a great day. look thought i would check in keep the storys comming and take care both of you i hope the head butt thing makes you more aware about whats going on aroudn you as thats number one thing to worry about when travelling, thats some inside info from the world traveller... haev fun and take care....paul p.s i have a job for 3 months starting wen doing managment accounts on north sydney working for yahoo so i should still be here when you guys are hi.... see you soon - Paul Fellow Traveller

[anonymous]

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Just so you know, you could only beat us when we had a man sent off. It would appear that both our teams are unable to beat eat each other unless we're at home! Out st. marys hoo doo continues...Not much to report from back here, football on fridays hasnt changed at all - matt getting worse than ever, but then you knew that, ha ha. Singapore is one of my most favourite cities in the world. Beautiful place and people. Orchard rd is too long to walk it from end to end, but at least spend a day doing it if you can. Plenty of places to stop, plenty of places to find a bargain or two too! We've replaced you at work - there is a pot plant sat on your desk where your pc used to be. Production has risen by 12% since you left. The pot plant has already made more wets than you ever did. ;o) Anyway, better go. Keep smiling and i'll drop another comment sometime in the future, to let you know how miserable our lives are back here, having to go to work and pay bills and stuff (just to make you feel even better!). Uggs! - Uggs