We (Me, Laura and Alessandro) left Hampi for Mysore (the city of palaces) on 17th October 2010. The journey involved a local bus from Hampi to Hospet, a coach from Hospet to Bangalore and another local bus from Bangalore to Mysore - a total of 17 hours travel on the bus! The stop in Hospet gave us chance to fuel up (on food) and as usual we were all starving!! After asking locals for directions and being sent on numerous wild goose chases, we found the only rest...

So, the 12 hour train journey to Goa which turned into a 16 hour journey .... I honestly have to say it was probably one of my favourite experiences yet! That obviously sounds weird to say about a train journey, especially one with hard "so-called" beds, which actually resemble tables, no air conditioning in a country where it is 38 degrees and the usual chaos that is India!! So this is why it was, for me, such a wonderful experience..... ...After sl...

So, I finally get to a computer that allows me to write my blog without logging me out continuously and uploading random snippets without my permission!! Aahh, India!!! We arrived in Mumbai on Sunday 3rd October to blazing sunshine and intense humidity. The taxi ride from the airport gave use the first insight into the rules of the road in Mumbai - In that there are none!! Drivers do not wait their turn for anything - traffic lights, pedestrians, roundabouts, yo...

Hello This is my very first blog and it will be a boring one because I have not left England yet! However, I felt today was an appropriate day to start my journal as it is now 100 days until I leave - Woopie!! I still have loads of things to buy including travel insurance (very important!) and will be receiving my £340 bill for vaccinations very soon. However, I do have a backpack, a mosquito net (which looks like a princess bed!!) some ugly walking shoes, an ...