Day 2 Baltic weather this morning, there was cloud and because we were a little higher up I don’t think that helped temperatures. This was it, D day! Kerela strike day. 24 hours everything is closed, so we have until midnight and then we can find a hotel! It’s fine.... We started off at 7.15am, it was quiet but then again they’re not particularly early risers here! Rode for two hours nice and steady, the beauties are ticking over nicely at 40kmph. We we...

Day one Fort Kochi - Puthanathani Launch at 11am Edwards high school fort kochi, it was bonkers at the school yard! Loads of people dressed up and finishing the pimping of their shaws! By far we were the best dressed (of course) we stood out like sore thumbs with our hippy clothes on, ross couldn’t walk tidy, he wasn’t grasping that mum didn’t make the trousers with a seam down the middle haha! The weather was boiling, the sun was piercing and the humidity...

Pre Launch - Fort Kochi I cried when I met everyone - of course! The blubbering mess because I’ve missed them so much! I found Ross in Cochin airport, his first time in India! He was a little uncertain on all the roads and the crazy ass driving but we were chatting so I put his mind off it a little haha. We got to the hotel around 9pm, and surprise surprise we found the men drunk on the porch of the hotel! The old Bristow lighthouse hotel didn’t know what ...

We can't believe how fast eye the last four weeks have flown, and how much our persona has changed on South India; we aren't scared to cross the street anymore or barter extremely low prices for tuk tuks and clothes. Although the horns we will never get used to I don think, they always make us jump! Yeah, I had experienced it before but you do loose your touch I think! Even though India is one of few countries in the world to have the most snakes, we seen two ...

Yesterday was a a long journey because the train was late (on time in India) so we didn't arrive in Kochi until 7.00pm when we were supposed to get there at 5.30pm. Our latte and hot chocolate from the coffee temple in Varkala got us prepared though - they are amazing! We went out for some fast food, absolutely starving we found a McDonalds restaurant down the road, Scott ordered the whole menu as per usual, they all got really excited behind the till shouting ...