Our stay in Bangalore was short and sweet. Never one for big cities, we though we would breeze in and out using the convenient overnight transport to save wasted travelling days and a bit of cash on hostels. We didn't account for the horrific journeys they might turn out to be however. We arrived into Bangalore at 6am, everyone's favourite time of day, and the best time of day to be getting off a train into an Indian city and being hassled into taxis and ricks...

With only ten days left in India we are back on the road and on a whistle-stop tour through the remainder of India. Hampi is a huge ancient city of ruins; palaces, baths, temples, houses. We arrived after an 8hour journey at 3pm, already a long day, but determined not to waste a moment we were straight out in the thick of it at Hampi Bazaar. One street side thali under the shadow of the largest temple in Hampi. The journey here was slightly disappointing and a...

We got in a rickshaw in Goa with a driver who assured us he knew where he was going. Fifteen minutes later we were dropped in the middle of nowhere with no idea where we were headed. After a phone call and several conflicting sets of directions from locals we surprisingly found our way. The room was nice, knowing we were in for a bit of a stay in Goa we opted for the room with a balcony and a fridge- handy for keeping the Kingfishers and olives cold. What we d...

We arrived into Ernakulum station after a rather more subdued journey than our last nun-fun-filled adventure, and headed to For Kochi across the water. A short argument with the rickshaw driver about the price of our home stay which he insisted was more expensive than his mates place. It wasn't and we won. Our host recommended some nice places to visit and cheap places to eat. We went for a walk to the Dutch palace, it was shut, and then to the Synagogue, it wa...

The train journey was once again eventful. Imagine a crowded train, tambourines, a megaphone, throw in a group of nuns and you've got absolute carnage. Luckily the train was only 1 and 1/2 hours. And the nuns were quite entertaining. I suppose it's a habit they have. We arrived at Alleppey and later to a home stay which was nice. Talked to some English girls there and got some info on Goa. Had a local lunch of thali and noodles. We had forgotten how cheap you ...