Survived the overnight train from Jodhpur to Delhi. In a country that at the moment is so hot, our carriage felt like a freezer!!! There were a few government VIP's in our carriage also, so the armed guards on the train added some reassurance to our travels.
Have spent a dusty day walking around Delhi old town and as always was in awe of life unfolding before our eyes. An 'electrician' was standing in a van roof leaning up into the multitude of falling electricity wires on a pylon to fix a fault. In the same street there were ox drawn carriages, rickshaws, beeping cars and people carrying more on their heads than I could in my arms.
It will be sad to leave India (but I will return soon). We have met so many wonderful people, from the student teacher on the train who wanted to be a writer to try to highlight the social injustices to women in India, to the lady who shared her lunch with us on the train as we travelled north to a hill station, so many people who have smiled and made us feel welcome, whether we were visiting a temple, lost on the street or ambling along a train platform. India has been amazing, but like most things in life you get out what you put in!
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