So I did it! I survived India! And here's what went down in my last week there.... We started the week travelling through Kerala - the land of coconuts. On our first night we travelled by boat to the backwaters where we stayed with a local family in their home. The family members were Thomas (Dad) Layla (Mum) and Ann and Nina (cutest little daughters ever!). They made us feel so welcome and we had some yummy scrummy home cooked meals...very cocunutty but delish....

The last time I left you all we were heading out to Varanasi - the holiest of the holy cities for Hindu people. We ended up staying right at the end of the huge ghat area at 'Assi ghat' and we could see the Ganges from our hotel's roof top. The view of the Ganges was perfect and looking at it from high above (safe from all the hustle down below) it seemed really solemn - everything that a sacred place should be really. Yet when you get to the edge of the ghats yo...

Oh my gosh! So much to tell so little time! I have had a week full of adventures to fill you in on. After Jodhpur we headed out to Udaipur and little did I know that Udaipur held in store lots of exciting things like cooking, puppets and chocolate cake! It was a relatively chilled and relaxed place (for India) so it was great to spend a few days there. The City Palace on the lake looked like someone had just placed it there by magic - it was picture book perfect...

I've had a busy few days on my little adventure since I last updated you all! So after the 19 hour train journey from hell we got to Jaisalmer and spent 3 nights there in the desert. It's a completely different side of India that we're seeing now as there are more tourists and everything is geared towards the tourist trade. In some ways this is good because I feel a bit more in my comfort zone but on the down side everything now costs a lot more. Jaisalmer was a...

Namaste! So after my first ever overnight train ride we arrived in Delhi. I was super anxious about the overnight train but was actually pleasantly suprised. We had clean sheets, pillows and air conditioning (better than some of our hotels so far!). The train pulled into Delhi around 7 am so after freshening up and food we met with our group leader to plan our time here. We were all worried about the recent blasts in old Delhi so decided to stick to places which...