The camel is a symbol of love. Really??!!! So now it was time for our 2 week tour of Rajasthan. It is the end few weeks of the tourist season before the really hot weather sets in. We were lucky as it was hot but bearable if we stayed under shade in the afternoons for a few hours. We had booked this part of our trip through a company as although we like to travel independently, the cities are so far apart that we thought it was better to have the same driver and...

Maharaja majesty after the bus journey from hell!!! To reach Mysore in the state of Karnataka, we had to take a road trip as there is no rail track. We decided on a bus which I assumed would be a deluxe air conditioned one for the 6 hour trip. But no, the only bus from Kannur to Mysore that day was a public bus so instead of being deposited at the lovely new private bus station, we were dropped off at the rundown building of the state bus company to catch the 2...

Kicking back in Kerala Survived the 8 hour train journey to Kerala from Tamil Nadu. The only problem was as it became dark, we couldn't see the unlit station names so Kevin had to hang out of the carriage door at every stop after 11pm to ensure we got off at Varkala. We did and l was so happy to be met by our prearranged driver I nearly hugged him! We woke to the beautiful reality of crumbling cliffs,a fantastic beach and plenty of surf. The Villa Jacaranda h...

'Are you a Tamil?' Yes, a group of 4 Indian schoolgirls asked me this question at Madurai train station on Saturday as we were catching a train from Tamil Nadu to Kerala. When I shook my head in bemusement, they then said, so 'why did you come to Tamil Nadu?' No way to answer that one!!! My other favourite interaction of the week was being asked to take a photo on my camera by a father holding his toddler daughter. He told her to smile at Aunty (me). Love it. ...

Trouble in Thai Paradise Flew into Bangkok from Yangon to be hit by sickness that several of our tour group had suffered in the last week in Myanmar. Or was it the fact that we ate at a resto called Hemlock in Bangkok. Spent a very quiet weekend in our hotel room!!! Well it should have been quiet but could hear very bad karaoke despite being next door to The Buddhist Association of Thailand!!! Managed tot leave our passports at a travel office offering an India...