Despite our chance for a lie in we both woke up stupidly early at about five thirty... We did manage to doze a little more but not much so got up ready for the day. It was a bit of a mis match morning as the electricity kept going out (apparently there are planned power cuts seven thirty to eight both am and pm). Plus the power cuts stopped the tank filling with cold water so no water either mmmm... Eventually I had a cold shower and was a lot more a wake and ...

Today we woke up at six am as we were having a yoga class on our veranda over looking the backwaters. I woke up first and sleepily wandered into the bathroom and stumbled back to bed all in the dark as the electricity was out. Shortly after the electricity must have come back on as Steven got up to use the bathroom... Then all I heard was " Laura... Do NOT go in the bathroom... I will be back in a minute" I was now freaking as it meant only one thing SPIDER!! T...

Today we woke up early as we were hitting the road at eight thirty... Hadn't had the most restful sleep as I got a cramp that woke me up mid way through a dream where I was speaking German... Thinking I've been hanging around with Vanessa and Josie to much! I wasn't hungry this am so settled on a black tea but Steven was starving so paid the one hundred and fifty rupees for the buffet breakfast and ate a masala dosa and an omelette, along with toast and tea. ...

Today I woke naturally at about six thirty to the early morning light shining through a gap in the curtains. Steven was still snoozing next to me so I laid there and checked my mail and things. Once we were both up we proceeded to pack up our belongings up again into our rucksacks ready for the next step of our journey. We headed downstairs at about eight ish and sat in reception. Steven wanted to download the Gandhi movie... Which I think will take about fo...

Today we met up for a full day of sight seeing. We took cycle rickshaws to explore the vibrant and crazy city of Madurai.. One of the oldest cities in India and the soul of Tamil Nadu. We headed first to the Sri Meenakshi which is a huge Hindu temple that is a labyrinth inside... It covers six hectors and considered to be to south india... What the Taj Mahal is to the north. It is the abode of the triple breasted, fish eyed (fish eyed meaning perfect eyes in T...