I cant believe how quickly the second half of India has flown by. To think that is the full 6 weeks done. Looking back however I feel lucky that in that 6 weeks we have been able to see and do so much. Our final stop in India is Chennai. We arrived early yesterday morning. Chennai is the 4th biggest city in India and I was actually quite excited about coming back to a big city where there is always lots guaranteed to be happening. After a quick power nap and ...

When we got on the train to go to Kerela we were immediately thrust into real India again. Gone was the hassle and care free ways of Goa. Boarding the train at the platform at midnight (the train was late - no surprise there) we were followed on by a strange man who had been staring at us while waiting for the train. It was obvious he was not supposed to be on that train and thankfully someone spotted him and threw him off before it left. As it was late and not t...

We later realised this was a wise choice as one of our friends came of their scooter and got a few nasty cuts and bruises. A couple of days later once our friends had left we were moved into another nearby villa. This one was even nicer than the first. It was on 2 floors and was really spacious. We even had our own big terrace upstairs. Unfortunately we were not to have the villa to ourselves as promised. Two middle aged, Dutch alcoholics arrived unexpectantly...

I must admit I was pretty excited about coming to Goa. Although all the travelling had been great and I was loving every minute of it I felt it was definitely time for a rest. I was also looking forward to actually being able to unpack! And stay unpacked for more than a 2 days! We were picked up at the train station and driven to our villas, Tarika's Gold Coast Villas. They were lovely villas of varying shapes and sizes and all different bright colours. There was...

In order to get to Mumbai we first had to endure the mammoth 28 hour train journey. This we really had not been looking forward to. It was not quite as bad as we had expected. It was pretty crowded in our compartment at times but we were happy enough reading our books and listening to music. Unfortunately some of our fellow passengers decided to go to bed pretty early, about 7pm! which meant folding down the beds, meaning we had nowhere else to go but bed. Once a...