I'm back from a month backpacking round the dreamworld that is India. Cue my cringey tourist snaps:

I have absolutely fallen in love. When I first arrived, I was completely bemused by everyone and everything, but as the days went on and when I reminded myself not to lose my sense of humour, I began to love the chaos that is this beautiful country. In fact the second line of my diary on the first day reads "Uh oh, the lights have just gone out. [scrawled description of the abundance of cows on the Indian roads] Ah there we go, lights back on. No off. No on.". Lights do not work, trains run late, and if, like me, you're over 5"8 you will be followed in the streets (I later learnt that my friend had told a whole restaurant that I was a famous American basketball player...), but this just adds to the charm of the place, plus the magnificence of the architecture, the friendliness of the people and of course amazing shopping made this month my favourite travelling experience ever. GO!