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Thursday, 25 Jan 2007 | Views [1087]
25 th January Hi all Hannah and I have just returned to the guest house in Alleppey after our 2 day backwater cruise in a houseboat. In this part of Kerala there is apparently 900 km worth of canals, backwaters and lakes - so we have seen ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Saturday, 20 Jan 2007 | Views [685]
Hannah and I are now in Alleppey in Kerala, the most southern state in South India. Some have tried to descrbe it as an 'Indian Venice' so Hannah and I have arrived with plan to sail the backaters in a canal boat for a couple of days over 20-25 km. Plan ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Monday, 15 Jan 2007 | Views [1812]
Hannah and I are currently in Mysore, south Karnataka. Since our last email, we took an overnight sleeper bus from Palolem to Hampi, arriving in the morning of 12th Jan, where we stayed for 3 days and 2 nights. The journey took another 12 hours! Comfortable ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thursday, 11 Jan 2007 | Views [784]
A cow walks into a restaurant....(this is no joke)...it did! Hannah and I were walking through the streets of Palolem and a cow walked into a restaurant towards the bar in between the food tables! The waiters just carried on as per normal, probably as ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Monday, 8 Jan 2007 | Views [475]
Hannah and I have now been in Goa since Jan 3. It took us 13 hours by train to travel south from Mumbai to reach Goa state. We were in a carriage where there is 6 beds that convert to seats, although very basic I was quite impressed. We went 3 AC class ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Saturday, 6 Jan 2007 | Views [582] | Comments [1]
As you Were probably aware, Jason and I decide to head down to Goa. Mainly because I didn't really fancy anymore town stuff and wanted a bit of beach holiday. So we booked a train down from Mumbai. Had to arrive at the station by ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Monday, 1 Jan 2007 | Views [657]
31/12/2006 - We spent the day in Calaba. Checked out the 'gateway to india' - a fantastic big arch on the mumbai port that was used by the british as like a gate to india when india was a colony - redundant now. Hannah is getting so used to the indian ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Monday, 1 Jan 2007 | Views [652]
1 st January Hi there. New Years Eve was interesting. We walked around Mumbai all day (shall send you all yesterdays email too) and then made our way back to the hotel. After getting first class train in at 78 rupees - around one pound, ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Saturday, 30 Dec 2006 | Views [552]
Day 1 - 2: Mumbai. Sending you a quick email from South Mumbai on the west coast of India to let you know that Hannah and I have arrived safely. With regards to our plans we are taking each day as it comes so we will not be able to set up a routine ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Thursday, 28 Dec 2006 | Views [598]
It took us 1 and a 1/2 hours to check in our baggage at Heathrow, so we only had about 45 mins to have a look around the shops. We will be carrying our WHSmiths voucher from Jason’s Nan and granddad about for the whole year! Virgin flights ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
