Being the herculian figures that we are it was no suprise that we would eventually be snapped up into the world of entertainment. This came in Fort Cochin in central Kerala. After spending the morning having a go at hauling in a catch using the chinese cantilever fishing nets at the north end of the town we headed for lunch. It was then that a guy on a motorbike pulled over and asked "you guys want to be in a movie?". As we pondered with amazement he then announ...

Sooo were on the beach being marauded by about 30 kids....as is commonplace over here...and an upswelling from the depths of my bowels forces me to consider finding a toilet. As luck would have it there are no toilets for a million miles in any direction so naturally a bush seems the next logical step. There was no bush. Or at least no bush without locals in clear view going about their daily business so suddenly the sea becomes an appealing alternative. I trie...

<p>After meeting up with the girls for breakfast we headed to Kollam where we expected to spend a night on the beach and do the backwaters trip the next day. We stayed 10 minutes, bought a terrible ice cream and decided that it would probably be better for all involved if we went back to the train station and left fairly swiftly to pastures new.</p> <p>So back on the train to Alappuzha we went. It seemed simple enough until the ticket inspector...

After being on public transport for 36 out of 48 hours we landed in Triruvananthapuram, the capital city of the prosperous Kerala. Both hungry and exhausted it then took us over an hour to find a restaurant that actually stocked anything we were remotely interested in consuming. As frustration began to take its toll we sat down in a decent enough looking restaurant that transpired to only have 'tomato fry' available. I had previously known of his disfavour toward...

What a truly wonderful and magical place this small town in the middle of nowhere is. Hampi is the birthplace and spiritual home of several Hindu Gods and is surrounded by the planest largest 'world heritage site'. It is situated within the ruins of the capital of the Vijayanagara empire and contains hundreds of structures and temples that are an absolute pleasure to behold. The first morning however was marred by the fact that I had allowed Tom to take charge ...