We did this for you Andrew.

The time we went and had our photos taken in front of a poster of the Taj Mahal, well if felt like we were stood in front of a very large poster. The best bit was the acoustics inside, if felt very spiritual!

(We got up at 6 in the morning to see the sun rise over the old Taj, the city its in is rank, Agra has a thick scent of rotten eggs)

Our wonderfull new family!

We met this lovely couple whilst waiting for a train from Ajmir to Agra, they were on their way home to Bombay/Mumbai (they called it Bombay not us). We whiled away the many hours before our train sharing snacks and chatting away with them, Mum really got on with satnia,  they invited us to come and stay and just couldn't understand why mum was going home!!!

Coffee Coffee Coffee

 I can not express to you how NICE it was to find proper coffee in Pushkar, 

We had double espresso lattes in this place every morning and didn't  feel and inch of guilt for it. 

The funny thing is, when we first came to India we pretty much exclaimed that we wouldn't be eating any western food, we thought all these tourist places were crazy and weird  But i retract everything now,

 Funky Monkey i will be back for a hot espresso and a piece of delicious choco banana cake! 

Pushkar

We left little Bundi on Saturday morning at 6 am! The bone rattling brain mushing ride took over 6 hours and we arrived in Ajmer at 12, then it was only a half an hour local bus to the much anticipated Pushkar! 

Pushkar is a small town in the middle of Rajisthan, its considered Holy as the there is a natural lake here whilst the surrounding area is all desert. When we got here the festival was in full swing, its like nothing we've ever seen before, the swarms and swarms of people on the streets every day are incredible, I've never seen so many vibrant colours, saris, turbans and little guttersnipes! People flock from all over the desert, ever tribe and caste you can imagen all busteling together, it really is fascinating to be here in the middle of it, our little white faces in pure awe of it all!

There are loads of events, today we watched the famous  moustache competition,

some bloke asked me if i was Irish because i had so many scabs on my face, 
i hope he meant freckles.

a woman on a sleeper train

Bundi Bunda

So we arrived in Bundi late at night, it was dark and we had no idea how to get to our guest house, the train station was miles out of town! Luckily Raj came to our rescue, we didnt know he was coming and when a man stood on the platform saying 'Anna, anna?' i walked past him (in Hindi Anna means come here) But he was actually waiting for us and took us safely back to the incredible old elephant  stables we're staying in!

Bundi is a tiny little town within a fort, you can walk the entirety of it in less than an hour, its chilled, theres no hassle and people are really friendly! These photos are from the old palace which has been abandoned for over 200 years, its beautiful and crumbling to the floor, its only enhabitants now are a great herd of aggressive monkeys or 'bunda' in Hindi.

The markets are brilliant here, beautiful with so many exotic vegetables ive never laid eyes on before, they also dont charge triple just because we are foreign, which is nice! 

And this shop here is where one buys their curd and wheys. 

Sleeper trains and unusual fruits.

Compulsory Udaipur Tourist pics.

We leaves the romantic beauty of Udaipur today for the rural town of Bundi, home to the farming of Opium in India. We will stay in old elephant stables for three days then on to the holy town of Pushkar for the great Camel fair! Mum is only with me for a week or so now, time is running out!!!

Udaipur!

This is the most beautiful, clean, welcoming and just plain nice city we have come across!!

Walking around the lake, tucking into delicious Lassi's not getting ripped off by every single person we come across and not getting hassled on every corner, these are the delights of Udaipur and we are fully enjoying it! 

We stayed in a tiny little guest house when we arrived, it was so nice in comparison with the hellishness of our guest house in Jaisalmer, run by a family, it was like staying in their home rather than a hotel and at only 2 quid a night for a double room we couldn't complain!

We've been languishing on the ghats, watching live Rajisthani music and treating ourselves to days of calm bliss by a pool oh and REAL coffee, the treats keep coming! 

So yeah, everything is Great here! Apart from these two little sh1t's who wanted said they wanted to ... 

 "fuck us"