Hi Everyone,I am now in Shimla, which is a quaint old ex-colonial hill station in Himachal Pradesh, complete with old wooden beamed buildings, shops selling tweeds and 'gentleman's clubs'. It is quite high, so gets very chilly in the shade and is freezing at night. This morning the hair oil I bought here had frozen solid! I am glad of my warm clothing and is a bit of a novelty to be cold in India after the heat I have experienced for so long.It is inc...

Hi Everyone I am now in Calcutta and have spent about three days here. I had wondered if it would be as awful here as its' reputation, but to be honest I think it is a really lively city and is certainly no worse than anywhere else I have been. I took an overnight train to get here from Puri and a nice Indian family took me under their wing and bought me chai and chatted throughout the journey. I have spent the past few days exploring the sights of Calc...

Hi Everyone,I have not updated my journal for a while as I have been pretty busy over the past few weeks. Since my last entry I have travelled through Tamil Nadu, been to the Andaman Islands and I am now back again on the mainland.After Madurai I went to Kodaikanal in the western ghats (hills that run down the centre of the south of India). Kodi was a nice village with a lake and surrounded by really pretty scenery. It seems to be quite a holiday resort for India...

Hi Everyone,I am now in a town called Madurai, which is in the centre of Tamil Nadu, south India. Since my last entry from Palolem quite a lot has happened.Sam left Palolem to return home to start his new job and so I am now travelling on my own. I left Palolem on the same day and went to Panjim, the capital of Goa. Panjim is quite a nice city as it has lots of old Portuguese buildings lining the maze of narrow streets that you wander around and get lost in. Whil...

Hi Everyone, I am now at Palolem Beach in Goa. We've been here for a couple of weeks as Sam has been a bit ill and as it is now the end of his holiday, we have just been relaxing instead of busy sightseeing. Palolem is a nice big crescent shaped beach and there are also a couple of smaller beaches further along the coast to go and see. However, we've mainly stayed here and I've been enjoying my little routine here of getting up for a morning...