KERALA We left early and headed to the backwaters of Kerala and to our luxury houseboat, home for the next 2 days. Our houseboat was handmade in the style of the traditional rice barges converted into 3 bedrooms, a small kitchen and a living/dining area. As soon as we climbed aboard our bodies and minds succumb to the lolling water and a feeling of complete relaxation and calm washed over us. A feeling that we are finding hard to put into words. This was the ...

THEKKADY After leaving Munnar we were on our way to our next hotel in Thekkady. We stopped at a spice garden. Being so green fingered this was right up our alley. We were given brightly coloured plastic hats to shield us from the downpour and led around the gardens. We were shown all different types of spices, plants and peppers and told their healing properties and medical uses as well as what food they complimented. We got to taste peppercorns, chillies, clov...

MUNNAR We packed up and drove through the bustling streets of Mumbai ready for the next part of our adventure. After a short flight to Cochin on Indigo air (think easyjet) we landed and made our way to where our personal driver was waiting in the sunshine. He loaded our bags onto the roof and secured them tightly. So far so good .... We then spent the next 5 hours in the back of the car, swopping seats now and again as waves of travel sickness hit coupled with...

Sorry for the delay ... Internet is a nightmare we will try and get up to date asap but for now ... MUMBAI... As we descended into Mumbai a dark patchwork quilt greeted us below. High rise buildings, blue tarpaulin and patches of green in equal measure all sewn together by rows of cars, rickshaws, cycles and long winding rivers. As we landed the fatigue of already travelling for 13 and a half hours quickly morphed into excitement, anxiety and a realisation tha...