Ok, so to give you the short story, Mumbai is big, pretty western, and not as bad as we were expecting! We shopped, ate waaay too much Pizza Hut and saw a Bollywood film (My Name is Khan, very good as it goes!) So then we lost a day and a half of our lives aboard a train untill we reached Varanasi 'The Holiest of Holies' forb Hindus. Sinceit lies on the Ganges the Hindus believe that if they die in Varanasi then they will end the cycle of rebirth and be free. So...

Well we arrived in Goa at around 5am very, very tired! And our brilliant plan of booking a hostel in advance turned out not to be such a clever idea since our 'know-it-all' rickshaw driver couldn't find it! We were taken to another place anyway, and as it turns out it was pretty nice! Right on the beach and a swimming pool - a luxury for our travels! The beach was lovely, warm sea, and people frolicking all over the place. So needless to say we chilled pretty ha...

OK, so I've been pretty rubbish with writing on this blog. Partially due to the lack of speedy internet cafes, and partly lack of effort on my behalf! There are now, however, some photos on facebook, since it seems much easier to upload from there. As such, I have now left rajasthan...so will now do a fast update on our travels there. Who knows, maybe by writing it in this way I will convey the whirlwind nature of our journey thus far?! Day 1: Agra. Agra only r...

Hi from India, Sorry it has taken me so long to write anything, but trying to find a reasonably quiet internet cafe with a descent connection is pretty hard! So the first week, what has happened: A lot basically! Day 1 was spent in dizzying confusion trying to work out Delhi. We had the hotel booked for the first couple of nights, and, while a little shabby and basic, it was in the center of the main bazaar. The bazaars in India are cooool! You are hassled ...

Wow, Kerala. We arrived in Cochin Airport after our ridicuous journey down from Rajasthan last Tuesday. And after a very scenic, yet long and expensive cab journey ended up at our little homestay in Fort Kochi. The Fort area is an old Portugese settlement on a little island on the Arabian sea. It doesnt seem very populous, yet there are a lot of schools in the area, and thus a lot of school kids everywhere! It is soo laid back its unreal! Instead of getting rel...