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Sunday, 1 Mar 2009 | Views [2063]
After a sticky dusty bus journey we arrived at the Kottayam ferry “terminal”, that actually was more like a tuc-tuc graveyard with a “toilet”. The water was obscured by a mass of green water weeds so thick that we wonder if they was any water ... Read more >
Friday, 27 Feb 2009 | Views [703]
The trip to Kumely was quite long because we needed to take the train, 4hours, and the bus through the mountain, 4 hours again. At time the bus was struggling up the hill,when nearing Kumely there was many tea plantation with pepper threes neatly interspersed, ... Read more >
Wednesday, 25 Feb 2009 | Views [326]
We arrived by taxi at the ferry terminal in kollam and it was back to reality with a bump. Stepping out of the taxi 5 guys trying to get us into a tuc tuc or their own tourist information office. white person = $$$$! We found a nearby hotel to crash ... Read more >
Tuesday, 24 Feb 2009 | Views [278]
We took the train at Kanyakumari, at the end of the railway line. It was a short train journey in "first class" made even better by a lovely local woman who fed us delicious homemade sweets (a mix of ghee, milk, coconut and sugar YUMMY!) ... Read more >
Sunday, 22 Feb 2009 | Views [487] | Comments [1]
After a 2 day trip by bus train, car and foot all around the south of Tamil Nadu crossing several towns and managing with the Indian administration to take the train we finaly arrived in Kunyakumari the most southerly town of India. That was our first ... Read more >
Wednesday, 18 Feb 2009 | Views [352]
The trip to Chidaburam was a quick and easy journey, but as usual the bus was crowded full of people after a couple of stops in countryside town. Arriving at Chidaburam we were really surprised to see how such a little town can support so many people.... Read more >
Sunday, 15 Feb 2009 | Views [352]
The first bus heading to pondicherry arrives, it’s a tin can with wheels bursting with humans out of all doors and windows. There was no way we were going to fit on that bus, with or without our big rucksacs. Soon after a second bus arrived, it was ... Read more >
Friday, 13 Feb 2009 | Views [529] | Comments [1]
Mamallapuram/Mahabalipuram : Mabalblablapuram – the easiest way to say it (or was that Mallampuam?? another town 700km from Chennai…) Squished in the bus, along with many people and a whole school of children and our bags full of shopping. On the way ... Read more >
Wednesday, 11 Feb 2009 | Views [317]
We land in Chennai at 10 pm and wait ages for the bags thinking of what to do if the bags did not arrive. After a while we worked out how to get a pre-paid taxi and we had our first experience of Chennai driving!!! We arrived late in the hotel and crash ... Read more >
Wednesday, 11 Feb 2009 | Views [280]
Seven and a half hours and a large packet of M&Ms later, we arrived in Abu Dhabi airport. Marc went for a cigarette in the “smoking room” which stank and we waited around for our connecting flight to Delhi along with many other passengers. After waiting ... Read more >
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