We are now in God's Own Country, no not Heaven - Kerala. It's easy to see why it got this name - it's a Tropical Paradise, with Beaches, backwaters & lush greenery. However, it's not quite heaven at the mo, as it has rained for the last few days, which is never fun at the beach. I'm praying that the sun will come out tomorrow (well, it worked for Annie) So we arrived here via Hyderabad where we stayed with Vish's Auntie & Cousin, so had a nice bit of fam...

After almost 3 weeks without any Scarf Action, I was starting to get a little Scarf Sick. Scarfs are virtually extinct in India, so I was not expecting to see any at all. Thankfully, I discovered that Bollywood is full of them, so things started looking up as soon as we arrived in Mumbai. Imagine my delight when 2 NYC Scarfs who were on business in the city, boarded the boat to Elephant Island, where we were day-tripping. Naturally we were best friends within 2...

In Bombay, it really is fun to stay at the YMCA (or in our case the YWCA) but it's even more fun to stay at the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower! There is much to discuss about my new fave city, I'm not really sure where to begin… Firstly, I did the unthinkable & turned down my big break in Bollywood - I was asked to be an extra in a TV Show called 'Cum Cum' but I declined, partly because it wasn't the kind of work I was looking for & secondly becau...

Jay Bholey! - this is a Bundi greeting, where we are residing at the mo - its very picturesque, a lovely blue town with a palace built into the hills, yes yet another Fort but we are in Rajasthan afterall! we are staying in a gorgeous 250 year old haveli ran by a lovely old lady - Mama Ji, who is very cute! she calls herself our Indian mother! she opened up the family home as a guesthouse after her husband died in order to generate some income, so her & her d...

Pushkar is like Primark on a good day! It has so many clothes stalls selling all sorts of gorgeous silk prints & amazing dresses! Which is a good job as there really isn't much else to do here other than shopping or getting wasted on Bhang with the Isreali hippies! (I, of course, chose the former rather than the latter) So I've been in my element scouting round all the stalls & have bought a lovely printed dress & silk top, which with my ethnic pants ...