16th - 19th Sept. Hampi Rain showers: all the bloody time!Bat poo: everywhere (in temples)Autorickshaw drivers: loadsHours on train: 19Power cuts: 1Early starts: 2 It was a lovely early start to the morning as we had to get up at the stupidly early time of 6am (not use to it anymore). Ema's husband took us to the station in his taxi (everyone is in business here) to catch our 7:30am train, for the 10 hour trip to Hampi. We're getting use to these long journeys,...

6th - 8th Sept. Colva Fresh local Goan fish: 2 (lovely garlic, chilli mackerel)Taxi offers: thousands!Jewellery sellers: too many!Rain showers: morning, lunch, tea, evening, and nightPower cuts: 2 On arriving we realised we have come at the lowest season when nothing's open, so we didn't go down to the quiet picturesque beach of Palolem, but to the closest and busier beach, Colva. Colva, and Goa itself didn't live up to expectation, but maybe it's due to the o...

Mon 3rd Sept. Goats seen: 4Curries: 0Beers: 0Rip offs: 2Cows: 0Pizza: 2 (very tasty!) Arrived with assistant to the pre arranged taxi to be helped by second guy who insisted in receiving British sterling for his troubles (speaking to us). Taxi to hotel took us through the whole cacophony of Mumbai beeping streets, including 'shanty' towns galore. It reminds us of Salford combined with the chaos of London street but with far more animals and people walking nonc...

Hi everyone - it's 3pm on Sunday and we're just getting ready to head off to the airport, but before we do, we thought you would like to see some of the more publishable photos from the two leaving parties (see the first photo album)... Thanks to everyone that came along, it was great to see you all and we appreciate the efforts that were made to make them happen... in fact extra special thanks to Emma for organising the bank holiday BBQ and Howard and Tam for l...