Currency:Indian Rupee Highlights:The backwaters, chilling out on the beach in Varkala Our Adventure: Day 1 - Buses, Boats & Trains It was a day of travelling that rivalled all others. It started off with a bus ride from Kumily to Kottyam - but this wasn't just any bus ride as there were only local buses that did this route. Given our terrifying experience with our private driver to get to Kumily, we figured it couldn't get much worse and so we decided t...

Currency:Indian Rupee Highlights:Being in nature again away from the hustle and bustle. Our Adventure: Day 1 - Getting to Periyara A dream for many people is to see a tiger in the wild so this is what the 6 of us set off to do when we headed for Periyara, South India's most popular wildlife sanctuary (777 sq km with 46 tigers!). From Kochi, there is only one public transport option - the local bus. Having seen the local bus, we hurriedly tried to think of a...

Currency:Indian Rupee Highlights:Our new adoptive mother Sheeba, the beauty of God's Own Country Our Adventure: South India is truly a whole new world! It was really difficult for us to plan 2 weeks in India as it's such a big country so we looked a lot to our friends who had travelled here previously for advice on the best places to go. Our friends Katy and Sam spent their honeymoon in the southern state of Kerala last year and were able to provide us with ...

Currency:Indian Rupee Highlights:The most magical creation in the world - Taj Mahal Our Adventure: We hit the road at 05h30 and headed for the Jaipur train station headed for our next stop Agra, the home of the Taj Mahal (translated as 'Crown Palace'). We had heard stories about the Indian trains and when we arrived at the station to say we were all a little bit hesitant may be an understatement. The whole floor of the station was covered with people sleeping...

Currency:Indian Rupee Highlights:Sites and sounds of the local bazaars, snake charmer, Water Palace and the vegetarian restaurant Natraj Our Adventure: After making our way through the manic traffic of Mumbai we got to the airport and jumped on our 17h30 GoIndia flight headed for Jaipur. Jaipur is the largest city in Rajasthan and was built in the 18th century by Sawai Jai Singh as India's first planned city. Our flight touched down in the Pink City at around...