The house boat After a few hours heading south by train we got to Aleppey which is the main town linked to the back waters and where you can hire houses boats from for any given time you want.We managed to find a good government hostel and stayed there for a night before getting on the boat that we had book, this was also a government tourist boat and for the three of us it was not a bad price for what you get. The hostel was a listed building and had a nice gar...

Cochin We got the overnight bus to Mangalore from Goa and then the train from Mangalore to Cochin, which seemed like a great idea at the time but turned out not. The only train tickets that were left were for standard carriage, the tickets cost about 70p for 12 hours and you could not get any more people in the train if you tried, it was rammed and have to admit I felt a little unsafe. So after 5 hours we got off at a town and booked a night bus from Kannur, t...

Munnar and the treehouse After our time in Kerala, Chloe, Tim and I left the girls Chloe was travelling with, and headed to Munnar, a bumpy but extremely beautiful ride through the lush, forested mountains. We finally arrived at the remote hill station of Munnar, which we used as a base for 2 wonderful trips. I also sampled the tastiest Indian food I have ever had; mouth-watering vegetable butter masala, coconut vegetable curry and barota bread - a delicious, bu...

Goa Well, what can I say other than Tim and I experienced a little slice of paradise coming here?!! We had to endure a challenge en route however... We flew from Jaipur to Goa, enjoying the most delicious plane meal we had ever had during the 2 hour flight. Sweet curry with coriander and curd, and almond chocolate gooey brownies for pudding. Mmmmm! Our first stop was Panaji, Goa's capital. We wanted to explore the area because it is unique in India, with an ol...

7 BOMBS AND A SANDSTORMHi Tim here, ok so we took a train to Jaipur from Agra, did not take to long but the train was 3 hours late, on the train we had meet some other travellers and had decided to all stay at the same hotel, called the Pearl Palace, and ended up all staying in the same room as it was lots cheaper. The hotel was really nice, clean, great staff, amazing food and the most crazy rooftop garden / restaurant every. There were loads of plants and inter...