In all fairness Debs, he was in there before you: Whether at home or away one's personal time in the lavatory is precious, and when travelling this becomes an even more rare and important occasion. So when this time is interrupted there has to be a good reason for it. A good reason for Debs would be a cockroach sat staring at her a foot from her face, balanced precariously on Rachel's toothbrush! After an extremely girly reaction to what was, in hindsight, a rela...

Is that a knife in your pocket or are you just pleased to see us: The roads in Goa are not a place for the faint hearted. In fact they aren't a place for civilians, pigs, cows and more often than not other vehicles. Our first experience of Goan transport was from the airport to our hotel and a time for sight-seeing it was not. They shunt, swerve, stop, overtake and BEEP at every occasion (video evidence to be provided). Our taxi on New Year's Eve back to a friend...

The bright lights and wild nights of Baga: Our first few days in India were spent in Calangute, Goa in a basic but charming little hotel near Baga beach. Hectic would be the word to describe this area; the streets were crowded (to the point of being dangerous to walk down) and the beaches were packed with local people who shamelessly took pictures of us at every opportunity. That said it was the perfect location for New Year's Eve when the place, and specifically...