We arrived in Mumbai (Bombay) at the wee hours of the morning in the dar kbut whilst strolling down the streets of Colaba looking for somewhere to stay we met Eric and Ronny, two Swedish guys who had arrived on the same train! We were escorted to Volga II Hotel for the steep price of 12 pounds a night and had a well deserved nap! A taxi driver, Ponti, took us on a 5 hour tour of all the main sites in Mumbai (including the slums!) for a bargain price! He was a re...

We met our friend, Mehdi in Palolem, Goa. He found some amazing beach huts made from MDF, rope and tarpooling, surrounded by palm trees and 1 minuite walk from the beach - bliss! We went for a swim in the sea as the sun was setting and at this point we decided we were going to like Palolem :) The sea wa so warm it was like being in the bath so not very refreshing! Everyday at around 11 am the beach was bombarded with Indian women selling 'silver' jewellery and sh...

Hampi was amazing! It was full of great rooftop restaurants and chilled out bars with cushion seating which passed away many an hour :) We ate great food including boiled vegetables without masala - yey! We arrived really early and got a baragin price on a rickshaw which actually took us to where we wanted to go! The Shanti guest house was basic but really nice - filled with backpackers and with great views over Hampi. Hampi is a UNESCO World Hertiage site with...

Surprisingly our bus driver from Mysore to Bangalore was not blind, not drunk and was not on a suicide mission - so we managed to arrive safely until we realised that our hotel was in Bangalore's dodgiest suburb! After exterminating a room full of cockroaches with our very handy HIT poison spray (definitely illegal under EU regulations) we made our way on a state bus to MG road which is apparently the place to be - not in our opinion! After a chai in bed whilst ...

We were the first on the bus (making sure we had use of the tiny luggage space). Ooty was not very touristy so we were very excited to see a French man coming towards our bus! We made friends with Mehdi despite stealing his luggage space. We made our way with Mehdi and Thomas (a German guy) to find somewhere to stay. We ended up finding a really nice hotel for a bargain price. We went out straight away to find Mysore Palace - which is the town's main attraction ...