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Next morning was an early start as we caught the train to agra. My first experience of many Indian train stations, which are all like little cities - hundreds of people piled all over the platforms. Selling techniques in Agra seem even more aggressive than Delhi and they just don’t give up trying to sell you tacky souvenirs, chasing everyone to the bus and shoving things through the window.

Visited the Red Fort first, which is much more impressive than the one in Delhi. Someone tried to give me their baby to hold so they could take a photo of him with me. I’m not used to being treated like a celebrity but beginning to realise it’s pretty common to be photographed over here!

Next stop Taj Mahal, which was mega busy. I managed to get a queue of people wanting their photo with me here and just had to walk away in the end to pleading cries of “please, just one more photo!”

On the way back from dinner we passed a wedding procession (insane!) and an a road accident (causing semi riot). Had a nice evening of drinking whiskey on the roof and chatting (one of many to come!). When I went back down to my room it was full of thousands of little flies, despite me closing all the windows before I left. I had to sleep under my mosquito net to escape.

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