17/10/2013 Met Sonia at half 6 in the morning and we took the long drive in the guides car to the elephant place. Was really special seeing and elephant for the first time, as well as touching them as they inquisitively stook out their trunks to smell you. They were so leathery and muscely haha. There was so many of them just dotted around the park in the trees. They were obviously tied up which wasn't that nice. Made you abit guilty that we were funding ...

06/10/2013 Went for a venture for a SIM card today to put in my mobile. Means the folks back home can ring me and it won't cost me a penny. Sending texts and calling is also ridiculously cheap as well. Was asking some Indian guy of any phone shops on the cliff and a random passer by just jumped in told me where it was, think she was an Aussie lass. Turns out it was past Temple beach, this is the southern beach. I had a walk down and it was full of locals, w...

30/09/2012 Awoke very early (8am) to check out. 24hr checkout is common here in India so since I arrived at 10:30am on my first day that's what time I got booted out three days later. Handed over my brown bag, trainers and earplugs to the guy who worked there as a 'gift' (kind of?) and left to buy a train ticket over the road. Had a quick shoot to a phone shop who said he would sell me a sim but he was closed. Typical. Went to a place called babas and boug...