We only had a day and a half in Goa, so just decided to stay in South Goa, in Palolem. Although its supposedly their busiest beach in the South, it was quite quiet (guess it must be out of season) and had a really nice vibe. I wasn't sure what to expect from Goa, as I thought it would be overly touristy, but I enjoyed it. The beach was nice enough, though the sea was rough (a number of waves crashed over our heads), but it was definitely relaxing and cooler than ...

Chennai and Madurai, two cities in the South East, didn't hold that much appeal (and were so hot, it was uncomfortable), so we were glad when we made it to Kerala and the beach at Varkala. It was interesting getting overnight trains ourselves (whereas in the North the tour guide organised everything). As with the rest of India, nothing here relates to common sense or logic and the amount of bureaucracy would be amusing, if it wasn't so exhausting. Rather than goi...

From Agra was somewhere else I was really looking forward to...Varanasi. Varanasi is a sacred Hindu city, where people bathe, do their washing, cremate their deceased loved ones (and do everything else humanly possible) in the Ganges river. There is a massive line of ghats on the riverbank where all this activity happens and was so interesting to walk through. There are also Sadhus (old religious men) who live on the riverbank, are generally just stoned all the t...

From Udaipur, we travelled onto Pushkar. Its another town based around a lake, and is really religious. There are ghats round the lake, where people come from all over the country and bathe in the sacred lake. There were people and cows in the lake which was cool to see, but not sure how hygenic it was!! It was a pretty touristy town but had a nice vibe, though all the tourists seemed to be hippies with dreadlocks, so I felt quite out of place hehe! Our next sto...

Hi all from India! After seeing some of you in London and subsequently catching the flu, I hastily left home for warmer climates again - not sure I can come back permanently now, I've become a wimp!! First stop was Delhi which was interesting - I loved the chaos of tuk tuks, ricksaws, motorbikes and cars vieing for space on the crowded roads. The sights of Delhi were few and far between, so the chaos was the best bit. The old part of Delhi was pretty cool, ther...