Hello from Thailand! We last left you just before we set off for our 3 day jungle trek, so let's begin there. Firstly, we headed to the elephant camp for an hour elephant ride, the treatment of the elephants was a little controversial (as is the treatment of most of the animals used for tourists pleasure out here) and on that basis Mat, and a few others, decided to walk behind as the remainder of the group rode on. Being on an elephant is a much more pleasurable experience than being on a camel! It was good fun but I cringed every time the tour guide whacked the elephant over the head with a metal hook attached to the end of a wooden pole, can't say I enjoyed that bit. Post casual elephant ride the trekking ... read more

Hi All, So we arrived in Bangkok safe and sound, and have apparently entered a circus. Ping Pong Shows, Ladyboy Shows, Crocodile/Cobra Shows, Elephants Doing Headstands and Playing Football Shows, Drugged Up Tiger Shows. It's amazing to be here and it seems a million light years away from India. I'm very happy that I can drink copious amounts of Chang Beer and Amber is happy that she can don her short shorts! It's definitely time to move on though, a glorified Malia springs to mind! We are blogging just to let you know that we've put the India pictures up, you can access the on the link below. Tonight we are heading to the North, Chiang Mai. We will blog properly when we are up there to update you all on our Thai Shenanigans and Debauchery! ... read more

Camel trek. Done. Sleeping in the sand dunes. Done. Mat waking me up (whilst in the desert) at 4am, screaming. Done. Quick side notes and then I will explain all! After we last blogged in Jodhpur (where we are back again tonight) we went out for a beautiful meal at a restaurant called Indique, we were five storeys high and surrounding us was the fort, the clock tower and a lake. During our meal, the streets below broke out in song and dance (we had wondered why there were so many women and children out and about.) It was to celebrate the God Ganesha and it was a truly mesmorising scene. We didn't have the camera with us so we can't share it with you all when we upload our pictures but this makes that moment ... read more

As we sit here in rain-soaked Jaipur, we ask "Where do we start?" I know exactly where to start in fact, and that's the journey from Delhi Airport to our first port of call, Parahganj. Oh, Parahganj. When we arrived outside our "hotel" we were shocked. Culture shocked. It was dirty, had a particular smell (shit) and was indescribably chaotic. We proceeded to sleep the whole day and later headed to the tourist office and booked any means possible to Agra. Delhi isn't the best place to be right now; Dengue Fever is rife, there's severe flooding (our driver, more to come on him later, told us today that the water is now waist high), Eid Festival meant everything was closed and EVERYTHING is under construction for the Commonwealth Games. It's chaos. However, one funny experience ... read more