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Tuesday, 26 Aug 2008 | Views [278]
Arriving at midday I had already decided on a hotel and was thus able
to ignore the touts. Whilst having “the fag” outside the train station
a head strong bull found its way to the bin blocked by my bags and me.
Needless to say, I got out of his ... Read more >
Saturday, 23 Aug 2008 | Views [342]
Arriving at the town of Gaya at 05:30 in the morning after a night-time
train ride left me feeling knackered! Outside, having my traditional
fag, I was surrounded by at least 9 rickshaw drivers all touting for
the early morning trade. I would hate ... Read more >
Monday, 18 Aug 2008 | Views [260]
I hate flying! Why you ask…well the reason is that somehow due
to all the various wars on terror you ain’t even allowed to have a
lighter in the bag that’s going into the hold, or matches come to that!
Come on!!!! The 1st thing a smoker wants to ... Read more >
Monday, 28 Jul 2008 | Views [364]
I left the airport at Port Blair (the capital of the Andaman Islands)
with just 17 minutes to catch the 1pm ferry to Havelock Island. The
reason for the rush was that the dive centre was open and so was my
wallet. The ferry was an old rust bucket ... Read more >
Thursday, 24 Jul 2008 | Views [179]
Damn, there are a lot of white people in this town and they’re mostly
French. Not that’s a bad thing I mean it could be worse, they could all
be Germans or even worse Australians…G’day mate!….O the horror! Mamallapurum
is a small seaside town with ... Read more >
Tuesday, 22 Jul 2008 | Views [294]
Well it has a world heritage listed temple. Was that a good enough reason to go? Yes but then again maybe no. Anyway
back to the temple. It’s not the biggest I’ve seen and it was very
similar to the ones at Hampi. It did have a large craved bull ... Read more >
Friday, 18 Jul 2008 | Views [250]
The train ride out of Rameswaram was easy, relaxing and as the sun went down we headed into an electrical storm. Now,
being inside a large metal box, on big metal wheels rolling along a big
metal track made me wonder…do trains get hit by lightening? ... Read more >
Wednesday, 16 Jul 2008 | Views [249]
I was glad to get off the bus after a long and amazingly bumpy 10 hour
ride. The next several minutes were spent tying to get some feeling
back into my arse…I failed! The bus station was a 10 minute
rickshaw ride from the centre of town and I was ... Read more >
Sunday, 13 Jul 2008 | Views [297]
Following several weeks of travelling in a mostly southern direction
from Mumbai, I can’t go any further. I have reached the bottom of
India, Cape Comorin and the small holy town of Kanyakumari. After
spending 5 nights on the cliffs of Varkala it’s ... Read more >
Tuesday, 8 Jul 2008 | Views [276]
The train ride was short and sweet but only because I snuck into a sleeper carriage.
The town of Varkala is about 2kms away from the beach and cliffs and I had three places to look at for my accommodation needs. The 1st place was, due to it being ... Read more >
Sunday, 6 Jul 2008 | Views [253]
Its now Monday evening (I think) and I’m back on the road tomorrow,
well actually, it’s back on the tracks as I’m travelling by train (by
general class for the 3rd straight time…the magic can’t last forever). Kollom
isn’t anything special but it ... Read more >
Tuesday, 1 Jul 2008 | Views [377]
I spent just the one night in Kottayam. Trust me, it was enough. One
good thing going for the place was that it had a very good English
language book shop. After browsing for a while I decided on two books.
One was an introduction to the works of ... Read more >
Sunday, 29 Jun 2008 | Views [252]
Due to the delicate nature of my stomach and other parts of my body
(thank you Imodium plus) and the fact that there were only the “come
and get them” cheap seats on the toy train I took the bus instead. It
was quicker, I had a window seat and the ... Read more >
Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008 | Views [226]
That’s right I am in Ooty the birth place of Snooker! Arriving
after dark due to the bus running late and also side swiping a rickshaw
on one of the tight mountain roads I didn’t feel like “searching” for a
hotel. Across the road were a gaggle of ... Read more >
Friday, 20 Jun 2008 | Views [368]
I have come to the conclusion that Indian bus travel really isn’t for
me. Even though I was in “seat 13” and not able to see that much of the
approaching road I was able to see the apex of each twisty mountain
curve. The horn was barley silent the ... Read more >
Tuesday, 17 Jun 2008 | Views [212]
So finally after 14 days I managed to leave Colva. After spending all my time either: 1. Reading a book 2. Watching TV 3. Drinking beer 4. Drinking beer whilst reading a book 5. Drinking beer whilst watching TV 6. Drinking beer and eating chips, ... Read more >
Wednesday, 4 Jun 2008 | Views [148]
Arriving in the late afternoon I easily found a cheap hotel. Dumping my
bags I made my way the short distance to have a look at the sea. The
breakers crashing on the shore, the storm agitated waters swirling a
dirty brown over the light yellow sand.... Read more >
Thursday, 29 May 2008 | Views [411]
I woke up early and spent the 1st 20 minutes trying not to scratch my
foot. It had spent part of the night outside the mosquito net and had
therefore been feasted upon. Sadly, I failed! Seeing that I was
going to be hanging out in Hampi for a while ... Read more >
Sunday, 25 May 2008 | Views [222]
Day one: At 8 in the morning I chucked all three of my bags into
various parts of the car. Sitting on the back seat I gave my driver the
nod of approval to proceed in a southerly direction. Seven hours later
I cruised up to the Navaratna International ... Read more >
Tuesday, 20 May 2008 | Views [347]
Today I arrived in the town of Aurangabad. Surprisingly I was met at
the train station and given a free rickshaw ride to the hotel. The
driver was a man who gets a mention in the lonely planet for his
rickshaw services and now runs a tour company ... Read more >
Friday, 16 May 2008 | Views [227]
Wow, what a difference 165 kms and 4 hours make! The train was
amazingly long and it took me nearly 5 minutes to walk from the back of
the train (where everybody was literally fighting to get onto the cheap
seats) to my second class a/c carriage.... Read more >
Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [267]
Arriving at the airport without my rucksack put a bit of a damper on
things and the long taxi ride to the hotel was slightly blue (either I
was upset or swearing…I’ll let you choose) After Iran, the 1st
thing that hit me was the thickness of the ... Read more >
