Opted for sleeper class on the day train from Goa to Hospet. Of the 5 classes this is the second lowest. Very pleased we chose this as got to experience real indian transport. Every 5 mins someone would offer to sell you random food and drinks. Every station stop children and women would get aboard begging. The train would still be moving fairly quickly when people would calmly jump out and into the train. Transvestites would seek men who were sleeping and wake t...

On the sleeper bus to goa we had a weird night trying to sleep in a bus with a driver who followed the India highway code religiously and who also swerved to drive over potholes. We had one toilet stop in 12 hours. Arrived in Margao at 1130, only 3 hours later than we were expecting. We were tired, hungry and temp was mid 30 s, so I thought it would be a good idea to walk with all our bags to where I thought our hotel was. I blame google maps. Got a taxi driver c...

Gatwick - Heathrow - Mumbai - Goa . Met shellys sister and her boyfriend for dinner in London. They both know India well and pretty much wrote our travel itinerary for the first few weeks. We ended up each spending 20 quid on a burger. This became a benchmark against which our meals in India would be compared. At premiere inn we had a beautiful room, these 2 words would not be used together anytime soon. shelly managed to spill hair dye all over hotel room floor...