Lucknow Day 1

Took a car for the day from the hotel to see the city, Lucknow is probably the cleanest city we've been to so far with good roads but still the same drivers !! It's the capital of UP and has a population of about 4 million.

We went around the Bara Imambara - a complex built by a Nawab - with a labyrinth of 1000 corridors & over 400 identical doors; meeting halls, mosque. From there we went to a picture gallery (where a Shia Muslim guide took ages to tell us about the roots of Islam and the art and poems of the 1700's).

From there we headed over to ' the residence' (33 acres of buildings constructed for the British in the 1800's) it was the site of the first Indian uprising of 1857 against the British which resulted in a long siege and the death of 40000 Indians.

Lunch was at the "World famous" (allegedly) Tundy Kebabs, to get there we headed thorough chaotic market streets, the restaurant was packed and the food was great and (so far) tummies are in tact.

After lunch we took tuk tuks to Dhun's cousin for the afternoon, she then took us out for Chaat in the up market area of town (though for context modest food and drink for 8 at the Chat place was £26 !!!). It was really buzzing with people.

Tomorrow we leave for Darjeeling at 5:45 for an early flight, so just watching the end of India v Pakistan (Indian won) and the start of Man city Vs Liverpool 😃Read more