India

Well, the end of the trip is in sight. Next tuesday, we have a mammoth 30 hour train journey to Delhi (we aim to sleep for 20 hours), that arrives wednesday night, then we have thursday to sight see, possibly the Taj Mahal, then we fly out very early friday morning.

I don't think we can really comment on India, its a huge place and we've only got 2 weeks here. Goa/the south seems to be the really chilled out half, at least compared to Rajasthan. We went to the flea (flee?) market at Anjuna, argh, that was nasty. A long hot bus ride to get there, then, if you show any interest in anything you get hounded for the next hour. And the prices seem to be cheaper in the local shops, or at least, the shop keepers are far more willing to come down. A classic line from one of the sellers who chased me for 30 mins - "But I have come down from 1200 to 350 and you haven't moved at all!" in tones of outrage, for something that I reckon was worth 50 and cost him 20.

We followed our usual plan, turn up in a place, wander round, get lost, and we've ended up with a really nice place. A deserted beach in Goa - and we've seen enough package tour crammed beaches to appreciate it.