Hotel Suruchi Gwalior

... with knowledge and ready to go. I was buying the ticket instead of oscar. I worked my way to the front of the line and pushed with the best of them, 3 minutes later we were heading for the platform to catch the 2807 Samata express to Agra.
Once on the platform , it's just a case of waiting for the inevitably late train, trying to hear any platform changes over the hubub, saying no to beggers and dodging a rat or two ...

... fresh lime sodas and having a yummy lunch. Sanity was restored.

2nd day went off to the fort which towers over the city. It is something like 3kms long so its big. Steep steep climb up to the top. Tried to persuade guy who was pushing his bike to gt on it and give me a lift but that didnt work. Few minutes later guy came up on a scooter, told me to hop o and gave me a lift literally to the ticket office window. He was then a bit miffed when I refucsed to use himas a ...

... complex. After visiting the fort and two other temples on top of the ridge, we noted some Buddhist detail on the walls of the ridge below. I included some pictures of them as well. This territory has changed hands many times over the centuries. We left here for Delhi, leaving Central India behind. We are now heading to Rajastan, Land of the Kings.

... being hassled by every local u can think of- its tough believe me!!! put the cam and phone in shoes and then went back. I was now in past the gate where i found myself in more q's but these weren't half as civilized, pushing was the norm,it was a mess-i was lucky i was alert as i felt one brat r man try and pic pocket me he nearly got my wallet. He had lifted it about 1/3 out.another second and ...

... not disuade him. He continued his physical meathods. After 20 minutes, he said there was no water, and he would turn on water to fill up the 300L tank above our room. We waited about 20 minutes, and the tank started overflowing, with water splashing all oer the place on teh roof, and partly in our room. I called downstaires, explined what was happening, but still no water in the shower. After 10 minutes the kid showed up again, and was terrified to see a flooded roof ...

... leading the performance of his favourite song (the wheels!) we went to meet the rest of the community and learn about the project. The project has been running in this area for a year and a half, there are 4 areas in the slum and this one has 45-50 households. Before there were no toilets and very little water, the only hand pump was at the school. The women stayed in doors most of the time and collected water from muddy open wells, which ...

... Translated by Dr Singh, we discussed our impressions of WaterAid India and the fantastic work which we have been privileged to see. We also talked the important role of hygiene education - probably the element of WaterAid's work, which I have learnt the most about during the visit. Its really easy to measure progress by the installation of hand pumps and latrines, and especially easy to tell donors ...

... There are 5 check dams in series with a catchment area of 15km2, each dam supplies 500 acres of previously un farm-able land with water, and the resulting crops were flourishing, including the carrots and radishes, which we got to taste! The dams and "River Dhasan" were dry, as region is drought declared and has had no rain since July 2006, when the monsoon finished 3 months early, but the flood water was enough to supply the crops in the crucial ...

... of a large rock. It's measures some 2.5km long by about 0.5km wide but doesn't have any fortified buildings, just a fortified wall. My driver left me at one of the entrance gates into the lower part of the fort and I started to walk up the road. There are two approaches into the fort - one from the east and the one I was taking from the west. Reason I was coming from the west was because this is where there are some Jain rock sculptures that date from the ...

Hi, this morning I took a train to Jhansi for the final destination of Khajuraho. In the afternoon I visited Orcha: once the capital city of the Bundelas and now just a few streets, set now a wonderful complex of well-preserved palaces and temples. It's a picture-book setting, with spires and domes breaking the skyline in every direction. It's also very relaxed because everyone leaves you alone (the first time in India!)