Hi Guys Well here we are in Port Blair the capital of the Andaman Islands. Saturday 5th April Today seems to have lasted forever I think partly because we were up at 1am, once we found a rickshaw driver that would wake up we haggled him to death and got a ride to the airport. Now i'm not saying that Indian airports have crazy systems but they are mental!!! We arrived at 2am and were told not to enter the airport at the correct entrance because the check in was...

Namaste Well we were both looking forward to our First Class train that would take us to Chennai on the east coast of India but our excitement was short lived when we boarded the train, it didn't look like it had been cleaned since maybe 1976 and it was like a prison cell with 4 bunks in it. We set of from Mettupalyum and waited patiently for our bedding to arrive eventually I asked the attendant and he said that bedding was extra in 1st Class!!!!! We settled d...

Namaste Can I start by saying that a visit to Ooty was recommended to us by several people while travelling through India but I have to say it is in our top 5 places not to ever visit the place is a dump. Many years ago it used to be where the Rajas would spend their summer in the cool hills but today it is just a big rubbish tip. We decided to try and give a couple of sights a go today (to kill time) and they turned out to be really bizarre. We took a rickshaw...

Namaste Well Guys it has been a few days since our last post and life has been pretty dull for two international travellers but I will fill you in on a few things so you can share the bizarre and bum numbing bumpy bus moments with us!!! After we left you last we were on the lookout for somewhere that sold beer in Kochi. Kerala is a semi dry state so it is difficult unless you find a hotel or as we found out a restaurant with a crafty get out. It was Saturday ev...

Namaste Well Folks we have been on the move again today and after three auto rickshaws, one bumpy bus ride and an overcrowded ferry ride we are here in Fort Cochin a small island off the Indian mainland that is linked by a bridge. Getting here was a bumpy affair as usual and we were both glad that the journey was only 1 1/2 hours otherwise I think our teeth might have come loose. Found ourselves a simple little room for Rs 400/5 quid a night and set off to have...