We paid the price for our lavish beach lifestyle after Saturday as Sean massively burned and he told me I wasn't allowed to watch Spurs arsenal with him as my skin looked too similar to the red and white strip... We went for an uncomfortable dinner at a restaurant we thought had always looked busy. As we were welcomed with free cocktails for their opening night we realised we must have misremembered that...A nice meal nonetheless but I felt a bit ill. Probably...

We just thought you should all know we are writing this on the beach in 35+degrees. :-) We left Trivandrum just after lunch on Monday. Short train journey and while we didn't know what we were expecting it was a breeze and only half an hour. We had booked ahead a v cheap room so advised the Taxi driver and we were on our way. The route that he took us down was suspect though as we drove miles away from town, down tiny back streets, track roads only just big e...

Fresh from our 34 hour train journey we arrived in Trivandrum. We had a room booked but tried to find something a bit cheaper. After an hour we had to concede and head to our booked place. It's a nice place but the room is no different from some of the other hostels we've stayed in. Apart from being twice the price. We went to a local restaurant recommended by the staff and had some noodles. Cheating a bit on the Indian food we know but we have 5more weeks of c...

The train journey was unbelievable. There would be a more orderly queue at a free food counter in Uganda. I made sure Lara was on first before I was elbowed in the face by an old Indian woman a foot shorter than me. It was at this point I saw the bag as an advantage rather than a disadvantage. As my elbows are head height for most people here they also came in useful. Eventually caught up to Laura where she had secured our seats. Did find it quite strange that ...

We arrived into Aurangabad two hours late -long delayed train Welcome To India. Arrived in the dark again, 2am, so got the most pointless rickshaw ride ever, about 200 years down the road. Woke up the guesthouse owners and crashed out until late the next day. After a long sleep we went to a restaurant - Lonely Planet recommended of course. Badgered the entire way by rickshaw drivers. They don't seem to understand that we want to walk and often lie about the di...