So we have reached the final stage of our India adventure, as we leave tonight for Singapore (if 'Indian Time' doesn't get us delayed again!). So here, we're just going to do a quick round up of our thoughts on India. Things we will miss about IndiaFantastic views on some of the coast lines.Out of this world food (fish curries)Respect for how people live their entire lives, driven so strongly by religion in everything they do - they just don't understand how or...

We rushed to get the train, as we hadn't bought a ticket and we were running late from breakfast. But no need to panic - it was delayed. (I don't know why we bothered rushing to be honest - we really should have known). So we sat and watched the men and women wander across the tracks, picking up rubbish and trying to avoid a mad woman that kept following us and singing to herself. Arrived in Trivandrum which instantly reminded me of the big cities - and I remem...

Today was the day we tackled the trains!!! So we thought we'd get to the train station in plenty of time so we could find out what we were suppose to do. We'd already bought our tickets but we needed to find out seats, platforms etc. But surprise surprise, you guessed it, it didn't go smoothly! First of all we couldn't find where it told you our seats numbers, then to finally find it, but only to see there wasn't a sheet for our train, then to be told that there ...

We're back in Fort Cochin again after a few days away. We decided to head up north (about a 7 hour drive!) to a place called Wayanda, to try and experience some wildlife. We had met a really nice girl called Sarah who decided to come with us and when we got to our little chalet/guest house, high up the mountains in the middle of nowhere, there were others there too which made the trip all the better. On the way up we stopped at a domestic elephant camp, where...

We've been in Fort Cochin now for about 4 days and we love it! It's a little fishing village which is at a headland off the main part called Ernakulam. We've looked around both parts - by getting the ferry taxi across the sea to and from the different areas, and all in all I think we've chosen the best place. The mainland is obviously more like the other big cities, but here is it so laid back and easy going that it's like experiencing 'proper' india! It makes a ...