Thanks for your messages and for following us still. We have been without wi-fi for a while so we are catching up with loading blogs and photos, so keep checking the new stuff out! The bus trip to Bangalaore from Munnar was firstly a minibus to a lively town called Udumalaipet, then a non a/c sleeper (reclining seats) tourist bus - both costing us about £8.50 each. The route was amazing, setting off at around 16:30 we drove through the northern Munnar tea planta...

** NOTE We have had no Web Access so have loaded Fort Cochi & Munnar Blogs at same time! - Also check MULTIPLE PHOTO albums and videos! **We arrived for our 5 days at Munnar Town some 1400m up - after 4hr 30m and 2 comfort breaks (where we bought local 'baked goods to eat!) It was dusty and busy with TukTuks and spotted with Tacky Catholic Churches, as usual. The drive up to Munnar was smooth and fresh from 34 plus to around 25 degrees and a lovely fresh bree...

Kochi is a large city straddling various islands on the entrance to Kerala's backwaters - tributaries rolling down from Munnar hills. We got a ferry 5Rps for the two of us over to Fort Cochin - heritage town. FC was a strategic port and trading hub, battled over for centuries, won by the Portuguese (Vasco da Gama settled here), the Dutch and the British. The result is a charming collection of old buildings, some of which have been restored. We stopped with suitca...

The Seapearl chalets looked inviting at the imposing cliffs at Varkala. Little circular huts set on a clifftop overlooking an expansive beach. Varkala is another Kerala beach resort, this time with more of a backpacker/laidback vibe. We got a luxury air conditioned train there only about £4 each for a 40 minute/50km minute journey. When we arrived at our little hut and took a stroll across the beach, we realised that we had probably had enough of beach resorts f...

We are super chilled, brown around the edges and slimmer already after a week's relaxation at Kovalam. Kovalam in March is entering low-season and is not so busy with tourists. I have been running (6am is the only time cool enough) and swimming. Paul has been eating himself slim. Our wonderful Lonely Planet restaurant has provided the vegetarian diet - Veg. Kadai (mixed veg and cashew nut curry), vegetable sizzlers (spicy rissole, tomato based vegetable curry ser...