Fort Cochin

We arrived in Gokarna in the wee morning hours of December 25th after traveling through the night on a night sleeper bus. Yes, you can get a bed on a bus here. When we arrived we and many others were taken to Om Beach being told that there are lots of spaces available. We found that this was not true and with it being so early in the morning decided to take a rickshaw in to town to see about getting a place to stay there and then looking around after a few ho...

We took a train from Margao to Hospet where we were met by a Rickshaw driver and taken to Vicky's Guest house. I had no idea what to expect and the best thing is not to expect much. It was a neat little town or village with old ruins in the town and at either end of the main street. The streets were mostly dirt which would get watered down so that the dust did not rise up during the day. The area is filled with bolders and is very different then from any other...

We are in Anjuan Beach Goa and loving it. We arrived by air on Sat Dec 12th and was picked up by a taxi at the airport which was about 1 hour away from Anjuna. The taxi took us to Pebbles Hotel which is about a 5+ minute walk to the beach and about the same to the Wed Market. Pebbles was a nice new hotel and it has a flat screen tv. We could have looked around a bit more and found a cheaper place but we liked where we were and stayed. We ended up being in ...

We landed in Mumbai on Dec 9th at 3:30 ish Mumbai time. It seemed to take for ever to get our bagage and both Rene and I were wondering if it had been lost somewhere. But finally it came out and we headed to the out area. I am thinking that we went through customs when we arrived before getting or lugage but right now I can't remember. It was very early and lack of sleep has my memory mixed up. After getting our stamp in our pass port we headed for another ...