We got up a little later than expected because we were tired from the night before. But we had breakfast and packed our bags. John knocked on the door to say bye before we left and James said he would send him details of where we are booked into for Varkala. Anoob had arranged a tuk tuk to take us to the bus station at 11.00am in Ernakulam. James got a photograph of Anoob and his brother as we'd really enjoyed our stay with them. The tuk tuk took us to the bus ...

We started today by deciding to get the local ferry over to Ernakulam for the day. It would be somewhere different to look around and there is an art show on throughout Ernakulam and Fort Cochin. We got to the ferry port in Fort Cochin paid 2 1/2 pence each for the 20 minute ferry ride!! Ernakulam was very busy when we got there it was quite a big place which we had a wander round and found one of the art venues £1 for both of us and the ticket will get us into ...

This morning we have decided to visit Jew Town on the other side to Fort Cochin. We got a tuk tuk there, we weren't sure what to expect but knew there would be a large old synagogue. When we got there we looked around the synagogue, unfortunately though we couldn't go inside as it was closed on Saturdays. But there were lots of shops to have a look at around the area. As we were walking around there was the most gorgeous smell of fresh ginger, there were a few pl...

Today we spent a lot of the day trying to finish the organising we had started. So we have managed to book the whole of February in Thailand so far including an open water PADI diving course in Koh Tao and accommodation as well as a place to stay over the full moon party in Koh Phagnan. We have also just about organised what we are going to do with the rest of the time we have in India too. We have booked an extra night here with Anoob, then three nights in Munna...

We sent off a few more emails about plans which we have for Thailand and organised some bits and bobs before going out for a walk this afternoon. We went down by the Chinese fishing nets and found a guy who had tables and chairs on the front and cold drinks so we sat there with a nice cold drink. We seemed to be sat there for ages, both of us mesmerized by how the fishing nets actually work. They take very few people to operate but like everywhere in India there ...