12th Dec onwards Kovallam Another interesting bus ride changing @ Travandrium to Kovallam. As much as you think you understnad the way it works you dont and never will i think. another 3.5hrs of interesting conversation & polite gestures with the locals. Well Kovallam is a beautiful tiny beach priety clean apart from the local morning habits of the locals. The fisherman here hail their nets in by hand every morning with their daily catch which is hardly an...

10th Dec Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari) The bus last night wasnt too bad only small evry seat taken. We arrive early hours of the morning 04:30. We are dropped off to a hotel not too special but it will do for few hours. Once awake we are off to find another.. Everything on the front is brand new again because of the Tsunami. (it is hard to understand the destruction this caused) There are lot off Orphans around here because of it many street kids!!! We decided to ...

3rd Dec Trichy short for Tiruchirappalli just a 3hr bus ride from Pondicherry in land so will hopefully get closer to the indian experience!! well the bus journey was the start of the experience. Just like Myanmar their is bodies everywhere twice as many people standing as sitting. The stereo is blasting out some sort of music so loud Nobody can talk above it. The bus conductor shouts orders at everyone, and everyone apart from us seem to understand him and dut...

1/12/07 Pondicherry Decided to stop off here on the advise of lonely planet mmh I'm not sure I know we were here at the weekend however all we really saw was very rich indian families enjoying a weekend at the seaside (bit like blackpool!!!) sorry this place just didnt do it for me. havent yet found that Incredible India!! Well we are still in our first 2 weeks so shouldnt expect too much already!!! Next Stop Tiruchirappalli (trichy)

Mamallapuram 28-11-o7 Ah that better by the sea not so many people and only just 2 hours outside Chennai. We stopped over here to see the Shore Temple 5 Ratha's. We have a lovely room at our first guest house. Only rs600 per night We visited the compund first temple carving dating back to the 7th century you would think we are templed out by now but NO they still are impressive in their own right. The balancing butter ball a great photo shot. The shore Temple...