Today we were gutted to be leaving the sea and heading inland to Madurai where we were informed that it was going to be a lot hotter. We had some breakfast... Steven his beloved masala dosa and me porridge and pomegranate.... I had attempted to peel the fruit and the result was a pink splatter all over my freshly laundered tee shirt.... grrr!! not impressed. We set off about eight o'clock on our new bus in the direction of Pondicherry, the journey was going t...

We woke around seven after a poor nights sleep spent listening to the loud whirring of the fan above us... Sounded like it was actually going to take off. We headed to breakfast and I actually ate something as I knew It was a crazy day a head. We met the gang in the reception at eight and went to collect our push bikes, we were going to spend our morning cycling approximately seven km around the town exploring the various temples and statues. We collected our ...

Today we arrived in Chennai at approximately seven thirty am and promptly headed for breakfast in a local cafe. Steven was made up as they served masala dosa which he has absolutely fallen in love with. They are a large rice paste pancake that is filled with spicy potato and accompanied with various chutneys and sauces. I was starving and had one two along with the strangest tea. We then headed for the two hour drive to Mamallapuram which is a small seaside to...

Today we headed out early to try and avoid the inevitable heat of Mysore. We firstly walked to the bus station to get a local bus up to Chamundi hill which stands at 1062 meters high. It is a sacred hill where Hindu pilgrims head to worship at the Sri Chamundeswari temple. It's a stunning temple that has a huge gold forty meter high gopuram (entrance gateway) and wouldn't look out of place in Thailand. It's a great place to look at Mysore as the views are incr...

Today we met the group at six thirty am for an early morning walk to hopefully spot some elephants. A walk it wasn't... More of a hike! We hiked up the mountain through bushes, over rocks, by waterfalls and to the edge of the hill.... And still didn't see and elephant. We saw plenty of elephant poo and a got a bit excited but alas... No elephant! However we saw lots of deers and birds and so on and the walk was an amazing start to the day! By eight ish we heade...