Today we woke up at eight ready for a full day of sightseeing in Mumbai before heading to the airport later. We firstly headed towards grant road train station and for the huge sum of sixteen rupees (about twenty pence) we got two return tickets to central Mumbai. We hopped on the train and headed towards the centre... We were constantly stared at, probably as I was the only female in the compartment... Most use the female only compartment but the journey was s...

The alarm woke us today at 3am and boy didn't we half feel it.... We were heading for an early morning flight to Mumbai. Our auto rickshaw driver was waiting for us downstairs asleep in the hotel lobby and in a poor attempt of fake sleeping to highlight the early hour... wasted on us! we were feeling it already. He then started again with the fare and how stingy we were being... He was constantly looking at more money from us, giving us his pity stories. W...

Today was our last day in Varkala as we were heading back to Ernarkulam to fly to Mumbai tomorrow. Steven woke early so as I didn't want breakfast he headed to the beach to grab a bite and print off some stuff in an Internet cafe. I woke and started to pack our things... It's amazing how much stuff we have and we have hardly bought anything. Steven came back about nine ish so I checked my mail and uploaded the blog. As check out was at twelve we thought we had...

Today we slept in till the wonderful hour of nine am and felt so much better for it... We leisurely strolled down to the beach and sat at the coffee temple for breakfast of which I enjoyed a scrummy beans on toast with egg and Steven a cheese and tomato omelette... I also savoured the most amazing cup of earl grey since arriving in India. This morning it was more cloudy but felt warm so we wandered down to the beach to relax for a short while. We swam a bit and...

This morning we woke early feeling exhausted... Despite our respite from early morning temple visits and such, we still hadn't slept well since arriving in Varkala. Steven was starving and headed to the beach to grab some breakfast while I stayed in the room and tried to rest... However by about nine thirty I was bored and wandered towards the beach where I found him in a cafe munching on a dosa. I joined him and ordered a tea and we sat and enjoyed the view fo...