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Last day in New Dehli
... a few lads around. The end of a long story was that he took the toy and, as was always going to be the case, I bought the chess set at a reduced price of 100 rupees (about €1.50) in exchange. As we both walked off with items we didn't want, my parting words of "You don't give up, do you?" were met with a smile from a character who would have made it big in sales if he lived anywhere else in the world.
We then ventured into a massive underground ...
Leaving on a jet plane....
... m ready for the sunshine. It's been a good four months with my wonderful family and friends, particularly my new nephew who was born in February and is an absolute angel, I am going to miss him massively and also my friends beautiful children who were not even born last time I was in England! I've learnt alot about myself since I have been back, I've quickly found out who my real friends are - which sadly ...
Half Way Home
... Tripathi, the Assistant Manager of the hotel who befriended me here last week, assured me then that he would arrange an early check-in and an upgrade.
I get the early check in but not the upgrade. I am in Room 303 and a party is going on in Room 301. A group of women are having a fabulous time. I am asking for a different room but they have not come through for me as yet. I need the hotel room only to have a place to change to I can get on the treadmill. I have to catch up ...
Off to India's capital: New Delhi
6.30am. The alarm goes off in Shahi Palace, Jaisalmer. We had to get up so early as a taxi would bring us from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur so we could fly to Delhi. We packed the night before, so we were ready in 2 ticks. We went upstairs to the rooftop and searched the guy that was supposed to make us breakfast. Nobody was there, however...I noticed a few guys sleeping on the benches, all covered with blankets. Hmmm...Now which one would be the correct one, how to ...
Delhi Part Deux
Comfortable with the trains we decided to jump on one to Delhi and it would only take 4 hours, fantastic! So when we were still sat on the train after 6 hours I was a little concerned. The man opposite held up six fingers when I asked if this was the correct train so I just presumed he meant hours. So when we were still sat there at seven and a half hours the map book came out as we frantically started to find out where ...