Varkala was a really relaxing, chilled out and laid back beach resort, just a few weeks away from shutting for the season. It was very quiet, tourist free and cheap way to spend some time before heading back to Oz. The weather was pretty rubbish bar two or three glorious days which was a shame being so near the beach, but it didn't stop us un-winding and reflecting on the rest of our Indian experience. We shared a cab from the airport in Kerala to Varkala wit...

Unfortunately, we only had one night in Delhi, as a stop over on our way to the back waters of Kerala in the South. It seemed like there was a load of stuff to see and do, all of which we had to bypass to sit on the white sand beaches of Verkala . Shame… Dubbed as, 'the dirtiest city in the world,' it made me wonder where Mumbai would rank in the table!? Delhi looked very affluent and busy, where rich business card types earned millions of rupees while the...

I remember being a little child. A blonde, handsome and extremely charming little child. I was sat on my mums lap, watching a documentary about India and the Tibetan foothills. The programme showed a shot of the Taj Mahal and spoke about its history while showing its grandeur. I think it was at that point as a little child, a young, fair eyed, beautiful and modest child, that the seed of travel was planted in my mind. I remember asking my mum all about this ...

We were told to avoid Rajasthan due to the climate. In April temperatures can reach 50 plus and many of the locals were heading north to escape the relentless heat…... We decided to ignore this advice. We'd just spent the summer months in the Australian bush on pig farms and fruit sheds, we'd be fine, and actually we were. Ok it was hot, but not aussie, no O Zone layer, sear you skin hot. We were briefly worried when our plane landed and the captain announced...

The most emmotinally draining, though provoking amd tear jurking place i have ever visited. Potentially the most influential place i have been in terms of really challenging your own perceptions of poverty, misfortune and human decency. Individuals living in central divisions in the road, people living on roadabouts, three generations of a family living under bridges. Babies hanging from material attached to lamp posts, parents sorting through mountains of rubb...