We spent our final day in Delhi traipsing about the Red Fort and massive mosque (below). It was a bit of a mistake really; we were out in the middle of the day, and found that we had to sit down for a rest every ten minutes or so because of the heat. I think Tom came off particularly the worse for wear - lets jut say he didn't have a terribly pleasant train ride to Udaipur.
Udaipur, our next stop, has a reputation as the most romantic city in India, mainly because of the number of palaces it contains. It certainly was romantic, but I was more excited by the fact that they filmed much of Octopussy in Udaipur. Fortunately our hotel, along with every other hotel in town, offered moonlight showings of the film, so we saw the palaces by day, and on-screen by night.
On our last day we chanced across a festival for something or other which brought the people out onto the streets in their brightly coloured turbans and saris.
Music was supplied by massive speakers on the back of a truck connected up to a generator which had to be pushed around in front of the truck!
An overnight train ride later, and we are in Mumbai! I'm off to find some Bollywood stars!
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