Ok, sorry we haven't been in touch earlier. It got a little hectic towards the end of the trip! After we left you last time we were able to have a lovely sleep (theoretically)! Gordo was up at 7:15 or something stupid. In trying to keep quiet as to not wake Toot, more noise is always made. So even though we were both awake early we still didn't have to leave the hotel until 11:30am. So after a little reading and the mega repack again we were out the door at 11:25am and walking down the hill to jump in a tuk tuk to take us into town!
Once we got into town, thankfully it was much quieter than our previous day! We did a little shopping and got some lovely leather bound journals to bring home! After having another look around to ensure that we hadn't missed any little shops that might need us to buy something, we decided that it was time to head back to the hotel and get the crap ready for the train again! Since we had time we decided to walk back to the hotel (hoping we remembered the way as there are multiple bridges across the lake that go in many different directions), and made it back in one piece. We grabbed some snacks and drinks for the train and headed back to the hotel to eat some lunch. We sat by the pool and ate and then reorganised bags for the ride. We took tuk tuk's to the train stations with our bags in the back of them hoping that they didn't bounce out on the way. Both us and our bags made it in one piece and it was time to get excited about our last overnight train.
We survived our third and final train ride and arrived back in Delhi at the arse crack of dawn and headed to the hotel to get some breakfast and then wait for them to give us keys to our room. Once we had the key we showered and got ready for another day on the Delhi metro. We had already seen the majority of stuff we wanted when we were in Delhi before the tour started, so it wasn't going to be a rushed, crazy day. We decided that we would just go back into Connaught Place and maybe do a little shopping. We got off the metro and up to street level only to be harassed by just about every person there. "please mam, look in my shop, just look, you no have to buy." "pure silk pashmina, very cheap, good quality."
We both decided it was way too hard, we had very little sleep under our belt and Gordo was getting the beginnings of a cold. Plus to top it off Toot got shat on by a pigeon on her pants and then found it all over her camera also. Happy Poos-day! It was time to jump back on the metro and head back to the hotel, WITHOUT any more purchases. Glad we we're heading back as our patience was wearing thin, while waiting to buy our metro ticket people kept cutting the line in front of us and getting ripped off for the metro ticket which should only cost us 10 rupees each we go charged 40 rupees. Having white skin you basically have a neon sign screaming "please rip me off" apparently. ARGH! Back at the hotel we had a rest and Toot had a little snooze. From here it was time to head out to our last dinner with the group. After dinner the group and our guide all ended up on the rooftop of the hotel with a few beverages and said our goodbyes.
After waking up to repack again (but for the last time) it was time to head to the airport and board the big bird to bring us home. Thankfully it was a relatively uneventful flight well except with limited screaming children. We arrived back in Adelaide this morning looking somewhat weary and feeling much worse.
There were some iffy moments, but many great ones, but we are glad to report that there were no cases of Delhi belly between the two of us. Toot is still looking for her Bollywood talent scout and can still see herself returning to Mumbai at some stage to investigate this career path further.
Love to all and safe travels
This is Toot and Gordo signing off Xx.
P.S. We require more comments and feedbbacks on the blog or there will be no blog next year. haha that's right next years travel plans are already in motion so stay tuned! This will be a dirty 30 year birthday celebration - Toot's in August 2013 and Gordo's in April 2014!
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