Although leaving Goa was pretty tough it was quite good getting back to the 'real India.' We arrived early morning in Mangalore, a pit-stop before Kochi, our first stop in Kerala. Our standards in accomodation are steadily decreasing as time has gone by and Kochi was perhaps the lowest of the low to date. Afteronly five minutes of getting there the sink crashed to the ground under the sheer weight of my towel, almost smashing on my foot. We were expecting some so...

Goa was completely different from the India we had travelled - it was relaxed, quiet and easy going - just what the doctor ordered :) We got to Vagator - our first stop on a bus where the conductor was literally hanging off the side because it was so full. We had decided to go to Vagator for the well thought out reason that the name "sounded cool" and we weren't disappointed. We spent a couple of nights chilling out on the beach and exploring the r...

We arrived at Abu Road(the closest station to Mount Abu) late at night so just got a room at the train station and the next morning we took a wander to the bus station to get a bus to Mount Abu. It was amazing just how nice everyone was, with pretty much everyone there wanting to know, "which country?", "name?" and "is this your wife?" Even when people were ripping us off they were very nice about it, one of the guys working at a sta...

So pretty much the only thing i new about Jodphur before we arrived was that it shared its name with some kick ass trouser wear, and hell what's a better reason to go there than that! We arrived in Jodphur at 8am after taking a 12 hour sleeper train from Agra. It's so strange how differently we are treated in each place we go. In Delhi I was the property of James, in Agra I was only acknolwedged if James introduced me and in Jodhpur we are both treated like cele...

We got to Agra early afternoon and we were already getting used to the old bartering game, ripping off the taxi driver taking us to our hotel. The hotel was a lot nicer than the one in Delhi and from the restaurant on the rooftop we had an awesome view of the taj mahal. The people seemed a lot friendlier too, although think Joanne is a tad peaved that she is treated like my property a little bit, for example if she pays for something they'll give me the change (t...