I won this battle, but ultimately lost the war with mozzies last night. Agggghhhhhh!!!!!!!

Taking a lazy second day in Kochi. Took my time repacking my bag - still have too much stuff with me even though I thought I was pretty ruthless packing - and wandered down to my new Danish friends' hostel for some coffee, brunch and wifi. Not the best coffee but good to wake me up a little. Heading to join my tour a little later. Looking forward to a slightly more structured approach to the next few days even if the lack has been good so far. It's been goo...

So it is official - I have been to the highest and widest pass in the world - Throng La Pass at 5416m - sadly I was accompanied by another 50 Ranulph Fiennes wannabes, but still I was there!! News of a plane crash in Nepal reached us all today - just to confirm to anyone with parental concerns - I will have my feet firmly on the ground whilst in Nepal! One down, one left - Annapurna base camp in a week's time. Between now and then about 120 miles and 10,000m of...

Arrived in Kochi yesterday evening. Was a good hour's drive from the airport. Crazy drive, gear crunching, creating a third lane out of a two lane road, tight overtaking of lorries and bikes with a lot of horn honking. Wasn't quite as scary my arrival into Vietnam the other year so not so bad in the scheme of things. Everyone that I've met so far seems very friendly and it seems to be a very relaxed place. One thing that has struck me is the number of goats the...

I thought I was doing pretty well at being a chilled traveller, arriving in Mumbai airport, finding a trolley and waiting ages for my bag… (no longer off first with a business class flight!) but I quickly became rattled and worried about making my connecting flight. No seemed able to direct me to departures, or specifically to domestic terminal departures and then when I had been up and down the small lift a few times with many people in all directions, it ...