Getting away from the madness of Delhi involved many experiences - the 5am wake up for starters! After dragging ourselves out of bed, and shoving everything back into our rucksacks, we climbed into Tuk-Tuks for the first time. Even though the roads weren't overly busy, there were still cars, bikes, people and other things to manouver around which, in such a rackety vehicle and no seatbelt, is terrifying. They move faster than you'd think, and you feel every pothole. Amazingly we got to the station in one piece, and after climbing over hundreds of sleeping locals, we boarded the (thankfully) air conditioned train around 7:30. The journey was 3 hours but flew by whilst chatting to everyone else on the tour!
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