Day 31, 32, 33 - Kovalam -Wednesday 16th, Thursday 17th and Friday 18th November 2011 Before we set off, we woke up and had breakfast back at the Indian Coffee House. Back to our rooms, we packed our backpacks ready for some beach life in Kovalam, I swear our backpacks are getting lighter and we must be leaving some stuff behind, but I think we are just finally getting used to them! We checked out at 12pm and half an hour later we arrived and began our walk alon...

Day 29 - Madurai to Trivandrum - Monday 14th November 2011 Because we arrived at our hotel at 7am, we had to also check out at 7am!! So we were up early for a bucket shower (basically filling up a bucket and pouring on your head!!) and checked out, we left our bags there and walked to the station. What a fun time we had ahead… First we got a ticket straight away (awesome), then we were told this was standing only, no seats (our journey was 8 hours), so we went...

Day 28 - Madurai - Sunday 13th November 2011 We pulled into Madurai station at about 7am - on time! Bhanu's husband was picking her up and so she offered to take us to a hotel in their car. With heavy bags and without a hotel booked, we jumped at the offer. We said our goodbyes to Swami and Salam and were greeted by Bhanu's husband …. He kindly took us to a hotel, sorted our rooms, booked us in and then helped us to the room. We fell straight to sleep as we di...

Day 25 -Ahmedabad airport to Bangalore - Thursday 10th November 2011 After what has to be the bumpiest train journey of all time (seriously, I swear I spent half the journey actually in the air), we arrived at Bangalore airport. 5 hours early for our flight and having not slept for the previous 9 hours, we ambled idly into the airport restaurant hoping that coffee and food would make us feel more alive! After some breakfast, we finally were able to check in and ...

Day 20 -Jodhpur to Udaipur - Saturday 5th November 2011 Our bus was due to leave at 7.30am so we were up and drinking chai at 6.30am on our rooftop, watching the sun rise over the fort. Nisha, the lady who runs the guest house, packed us on our way with a little packed lunch just in case we got hungry on our bus journey - so sweet! First impressions of the bus were good and we were optimistic about our forthcoming 7 hour journey - how wrong we were! Now, I am a ...