Day 23: Arrival at Bodhgaya

7am: It was not a bad night's sleep on the train, but really, Indian sleeper trains are not easy for someone of my age and with rheaumatoid arthritis.

Of course the train is very late. There is dense fog outside and the train is going slow. Could be mid-day before we reach Gaya station.

According to Google maps, we are near Varanasi, and have 227km to go.

6.30pm: Here we are at Bodhgaya, the place of the Buddha's Enlightenment and the most holy of Buddhist places. It is a delight to be here among thousands of Buddhists from scores and scores of different countries.

AB and I have booked into our hotel and I am greatly looking forward to this retreat.

This morning, on the train, our team reported-out over our tour. We reviewed it and declared it a resounding success. Some apologies where made by some of us about things we hadn't done as well as we could, but overall, we found there were almost no negatives, only positives regarding the team, the task and us as individuals.