So with much anticipation we arrived in India. We flew via Air India which on my last journey (6 or so years ago to Thailand) wasn't so pleasant! We also stopped again in Mumbai. However this time it was a great experience, a nice plane, good service and great food! The new Mumbai airport was nice as well. After a slight mix up with our visa times and a new out bound flight required, we set off into Goa for a few days. The tourist season for westerners in Goa ha...

June 1st 2015 - May 11th 2016 (Stop off in London for Craig's wedding before Central Asia!) Continents: 3 Countries: 21 Coaches: 99 Boats: 40 Flights: 24 Train: 5 Accommodation: 125

Our second stint in Havana was only a short few days before heading home. What was nice was as soon as we arrived back in our neighbourhood it felt nicely familiar. Also as it was the weekend the streets were buzzing. What is nice about Cuba, unlike most of Latin America, is that people predominantly work a normal Monday - Friday week so weekends are busy and also children are never really seen working and are always out playing like at home. It maybe a poor coun...

Our second stop in Cuba was the tobacco growing region of Vinales. About three hours from Havana by bus but a World apart! The highways around Cuba are surprisingly well maintained. They're modern and flat, probably one of the reasons for this is the lack of cars that use them! As most of the population wouldn't be able to afford to run a car, the highways are empty and so probably don't need much maintenance. You see many people hitchhiking on route, the coach g...

With much anticipation we arrived in Cuba for the last stop on our Latin American leg of the trip! Not really knowing what to expect as its still quite a closed country, run under one of the few remaining communist states. The government is still led by the Castro family, now Raul. Most tourists go in and out via a beach resort so rarely see the more local places, even Old Town Havana! We were led to expect big queues for basic products, the legendary old 1950...