Home again! It feels a wee bit like I've just woken from a very long vivid dream, it's so surreal. I've fallen back into my home routine so easily it feels like I never left. India was so completely different it's hard to fit the two together somehow. I sometimes feel like pinching myself. Maybe I should nip back and check it's still there. The journey home was quite enjoyable as we had quite tight connections and there was a high possibility it might all go squ...

Varanasi was disturbing in a good way. It's a very full, busy, dirty, colourful Indian City and it felt a bit like coming home when we emerged from our train down from the mountains. We managed to get tricked into going to the wrong Hotel by a rickshaw driver which anooyed us as we thought we'd got the hang of it by now. There were 2 Hotels with the same name but as we got the same price it didn't matter much.The first thing we did in Varanassi was visit the burn...

The North was Spectacular! Darjeeling is a former British hill station renown for its tea. It definitely has a British feel about it but once you've ventured into the centre through narrow alleyways smelling of fresh cooking and colourful material everywhere it is still clear we are in India. On the other hand there is a strange absence of cows this however is made up by the amount of dogs and puppies everywhere. Darjeeling is high up in the mountains and to rea...

Kerala is stunning. The train ride down was one of the most scenic experiences I've had so far in my short but full life. Palm trees line the Paddy fields were brightly coloured peasants farm the land and stop to wave as the train passes by. Cattle graze quietly in the lush meadows usually accompanied by a couple of white geese and the hot sun is cooled by a gentle breeze. Most of the time however I was sitting on my top berth watching my stuff and answering Bino...

We passed through Mumbai alive!!! After leaving Jaisalmer I headed to Jodhpur where I was met a day later by Cait and Sean. Having 36hrs alone was really nice in a way but any longer would've got lonely. I met a nice Waldorf student, Freya, from Frankfurt though:-) Jodhpur is the blue City. It's quite a colourful blue. It's got a lovely market and a good omelette stall but otherwise it's not that exciting. The fort however is marvelous. I think it's the only p...