OK so I know I've been rubbish at this but I will try and put all my photos on and update you on my trip, even if I have to do it when I get home! MARCH COCHIN (Kerala) - Only spent a short time here, it is was a nice sea side fishing town. It is famous for using these ancient Chinese fishing nets which are huge, and the fish is very tasty too. We also saw a Kathakali performance which is the famous traditional dance of Kerala…something I actually studied...

Ok so we have ended up flying to the Andaman Islands, and we're here until Sat 5th when we fly to Kolkata to do our placement. We thought we would relax on a tropical island before the ciaos of the city! I still have one week to catch up on though… From Varkala we went to Allapey where we saw the backwaters of Kerela. The whole area is surrounded by water and we even had to get a canoe to the place we were staying, interesting with a backpack on as I wa...

Soooooo its was still pouring down with rain when we arrived in Tuticorin, the rain was definitely following us! Lots of nice scenery on the bus journey though, down south it is very green with palm tress everywhere! Tanya's uncle is the Airport Manager so we stayed in Tuticorin airport. He was invited to the wedding of one of his employee's on Sunday so we went along as well. We went to the wedding reception at the couple's house and without meaning to we became...

So have spent these 3 weeks travelling around the south, have experienced all types of transport to get to these places and all types of weather from thunder storms to hot sweaty days! Left Chennai on Sunday 9th and headed down south to Mamallapurum - Stayed in a really nice room by the beach and caused quite a sight for the locals in our bikini's as we took a quick dip. Scandalous! It was quiet and so we thought we were safe but the locals people have eyes of...

Sooo… I arrived in Chennai early Tues morning and its been mental ever since! Me and Rachel are staying with Tanya in her Grandma's flat just outside of the city, but there's no running water so it's a bucket wash for me every morning! And so the experience begins… We have spent the week exploring Chennai and Tanya knows it really well so we have been all over! It is crazy - there are people, COWS, old style cars, motorbikes auto rick shaws (of cou...