On the road again..and by myself again. I was tired of Goa's way of life: one week on crowded beaches between streets vendors and drunken Russians was enough. I took a first train to Mumbai (only 12 hours) where I changed to another one to Kalka: 30 hours journey! I decided to buy a 2nd class ticket because of the long travel and the temperatures which I excepted to drop dramatically! I arrived in Kalka with only 2 hours delay, and immediate...

Another night on a bus bought us to famous Goa. We decided to spend Christmas on the beach! Of course Christmas is the most expensive time of the year to be in Goa, so we had to fight longer than usual to find accommodation for a reasonable price. This time we changed our strategy: we rented a motorbike first (was already a challenge to step behind senseless tourist prices), we left our luggage in Arambol city and drove around. After a few...

Merry Christmas from Goa's beaches!

Hitchhiking being so easy, fast and free of charge in India we decided to continue this way, but this time for longer distance: 140 km to Mysore. Thumbs up in Kalpetta's main street and 3 minutes later we were seated on a big truck with two guys. 6 hours later we were approaching Mysore when the they stopped the truck for dinner. Despite they were not speaking any English, we understood that this time they were waiting for something from u...

Our hotel staff being really helpful with us, we soon become friends and were invited to attend the engagement ceremony of one of them! We took our motorbikes, and left towards a small village up in the mountains where we found around 40 people waiting for us. We were introduced to all the important family members, and learned some interesting things about how thing goes in Tamil Nadu: The mother of a young girl chooses a young man, if the girl ...