Well, flight was an amazing experience due to the people in it, most passengers were jordaneons who were travelling home to celebrate EIG which is their biggest celebration of the year, the atmosphere on the flight was amazing and everyone was so friendly, cabin crew even walked around serving free champagne, have never been on a flight like this in my life. ... read more

So after 3 years of being booked finally going to Jordan, unfortunately flight from Newcastle to Heathrow was cancelled last minute so have an extremely long bus journey ahead but hey ho fingers crossed I’ll finally get there ???... read more

Breakfast and then had to say bye to 6 members of our group who were going onto 2 day game drive to see the tigers (lucky devils) long drive back to Delhi (6 hours) did stop for lunch on way thank goodness, on the motorway?? Did stop while driver got out to argue with another driver who kept trying to cut in, quite funny to watch, once in Delhi had to say bye to our tour guide Yusof, who has been lovely throughout. A few of us then went for a walk to the market, talk about busy but really good to walk around without getting hassled it was just a proper local market and not a tourist trap, we then stopped for a bite to eat, we only wanted something light so only ordered starters!!!!!!! ... read more

Early morning walk around the grounds followed by a quick swim in the lovely pool before having breakfast on the terrace. We then walked into the local village to visit the children’s school, they were all getting ready to take their exams, the seating arrangements were very cleverly arranged, you never had 2 children the same age sitting together, you’d have a 5 year old sitting next to an 8 year old etc, reason for this was so they couldn’t copy off each other. We then went to a temple where they were in the middle of prayer, it was a krishner temple, everyone was so passionate about their prayers, it was quite moving to watch. We then walked for a while before getting a rickshaw back to the hotel (or should I say palace? Or ... read more

Well managed to get down for breakfast on time! Left hotel at 7.45 am for 5 hour coach journey to Agra, quite a nice trip stopping a couple of times for toilet breaks, Agra was not what I expected at all, in a good way! I thought with it being the home to the largest monument it would be quite cosmopolitan, but it was explained that the money made from tourism went to the government and not to the local economy! After checking into hotel we headed straight to the Taj, to say it was spectacular would be an understatement! 22 years to build! I don’t think any picture could do it justice. Julie & I sat on one of the benches near to the Princess Diana bench and spent the next half hour being asked ... read more