Nothing Delhicate about this town

The heat has not abated, but I am feeling much better about India now. I've had a few days to get used to the weather, I've perfected my stern 'no thank you', aimed at touts and those asking for money (though I'm a sucker for a woman with a baby), and I am no longer so paranoid about getting sick.

We made it to Agra after a difficult moment at the Varanasi train station in which I apparently made a baby poo its pants by smiling at it. The mother then started having a go at me, with everyone else watching on, and I seriously thought she was going to put the soiled pants on me or my backpack as she walked away. Anyway, of course we saw the famed Taj Mahal and it was a beauty! Just as spectacular as I had hoped. We had a guide who knew '89 special areas to take photos from'. So we posed our way around the Taj. The 'family' photo is my favourite - our guide put this pose together himself:

Apparently Bill Clinton has also sat on this seat. I have many, many other (better) Taj images, if anyone is interested, but lets face it, we've all seen the photos. In real life though, it was really something else.

We had a good tour around Agra, visiting the Red Fort and Baby Taj, and our touk-touk driver managing to take us to only three shops to try and sell us local handicrafts. Not too bad I thought, but Tom was starting to lose it. Fortunately, it was time to hop on the train for Delhi.

We rode a sweaty three hours packed into a local train, and arrived in New Delhi at midnight. Our hotel is near the train station, and, as we walked down the dark, muddy road, we thought we had entered a war zone. Fortunately we found our hotel, and the next day we realised that there is major construction going on in Delhi for the Commonwealth Games. There is a lot of work still to be done if its going to be finished in time, that's for sure.

We've been having a nice time kicking around Delhi, enjoying the delhicious food, and visiting places out of the heat. Tomorrow we head to Udaipur for a couple of days.