Kerala, India
The complex network of lagoons, lakes, rivers and canals fringing the coast of Kerala forms the basis of a distinct regional lifestyle, and travelling by boat along these backwaters is one of the highlights of a visit to the state. The boats cross shallow, palm-fringed lakes studded with Chinese fishing nets, and along narrow, shady canals where coir (coconut fibre), copra and cashews are loaded onto boats. Stops are made at small settlements where people live on carefully cultivated narrow spits of land only a few metres wide, and there's the chance to see traditional boats with huge sails, and prows carved into the shape of dragons. The most popular backwater trip is the eight-hour voyage between Kollam and Alappuzha, but most of your fellow passengers on this route will be Western travellers. If you want a local experience, or you simply feel like a shorter trip, there are local boats from Alappuzha to Kottayam and Changanassery.

Kollam is on the well-serviced Thiruvananthapuram-Ernakulum bus route, as well as being fortuitously placed on no less than four different railway lines. Getting there from any number of the major southern cities is no problem but it's a long, long way from Delhi; 2756km (1708mi) to be exact.
 

Banglore, India
The beautiful city of Bangalore reflects the royal heritage of the state of Karnataka. Bangalor, the state capital, is a lively cosmopolitan city noted for its fine climate and extensive gardens. AGRA: A city popular for
its Mughal monuments, Agra was in the 16th and 17th centuries, one of the capitals of the Mughals. It was under Akbar that the city first aspired to its heights of magnificence. Of the other Mughal, Jehangir did not
stay here on but it is Shah Jahan whose aim is inevitably connected with Agra. He built the Jama Masjid and most of the buildings inside the Agra Fort and the famous Taj Mahal.