Hi, writing this to you from Hampi at the end of my southern leg of the India trip. My itenery was as follows: 7th Jan left Goa - 8th Jan arrived in Trivandrum on overnight sleeper train - 9th Jan, bus to Kollam to see the backwaters - 10th Jan, Bus to Kochi and train to Calicut - 11th Jan, bus to Waynard National park - 13th Jan bus to Mysore and on to Hampi to arrive early on the 14th - 15th Jan night bus back to Goa for a few days before laving on the 21st to...

Well i have been in Goa for a whole 4 weeks now! first arrived after a mamouth trip from Udiapur at 12.30am at Margao station. proceeded to the pre-paid taxi and asked for a specific guest house in Colva. In true Indian style the driver took us to the beach and dumped us there. The closest hotel was right on the beach and we decided to stay for one night on account of the huge expense (800 rupee per night as opposed to our normal 300) and also the fact that it s...

Well, arrived in India on the 21st in Mumbai. I then spent two hours travelling from the airport to Mumbai station as the city is so big. The taxi ride itself was a bit of an eye opener! we drove through one of the slums and saw all sorts of vile things! In one part someone would be going to toilet on the road and 10 meters down someone would be washing thier face in the same water! Arrived at a hotel in Mumbai next to the station called city palace where we sp...