Well after our fun on Saturday, arriving in Delhi, we decided to have an early night.
After retiring to our rooms to get tidied up we decided to eat in the Hotel.

We met in the lobby at the appointed time but no Pete or Sean. A call to their room revealed that lying on the bed with a paper was a fatal move.

Both of them got an hours sleep.

After a quick meal in the hotel it was off to bed at 08:30.
I can tell you that bed was a wonderful place after 3-5 hours sleep for the past 40 or so hours.

Sunday morning we were out of the room by 08:30 for the 5 hour journey to Agra.
On this trip we really saw the Indian countryside, everybodies eyes were wide open.
I have attached a few photos to the blog but we took over 150 pictures on this journey.

We saw hundred of cows, goats, buffulo, camels, pigs, monkeys and even a sad looking snake being held by the neck while another guy played music.
It looked like the Monty Python Parrot scene.

At one stop the bus was surrounded by people holding monkeys and banging on the windows to attract our our attention. After a bit of a show Nicola gave some money to the driveto give to one of the monkey owners. The driver rolled down my window and the monkey jumped into the bus and Nicola was left wondering if she had just bought a monkey. The driver shoo-ed it out again after a few seconds. But it really gave us a laugh.

It was hot again today and we were in air con in the bus.
We drank huge amounts of water especially Sean who become the first to get a slight stomach upset.
We went to a restaurant in Agra for lunch and were entertained by a magician who then sold us a few of the tricks, great fun.

On arrival into Agra we got our first glimpse of the Taj Mahal absolutely beautiful and so big.
We go for a close look at 6:00am tomorrow, we are all looking forward to it.
Comm Games opening ceremony tonight should be interesting watching it on local TV.

Before you view the pictures I must hasten to add

1. Our bus is not crowded
2. We have a good driver
3. We did not have a crash although a car which cut us off got a gentle tap on its bumper.
4. Bev and Meren are going to b a lot more useful when they have mastered the art of carrying heavy loads on their heads