South Goa: Palolem
Again, paradise! I realise it is a beach, and beaches are always, to an extent, going to be beautiful, but this really was stunning! Far superior to what we had […]
Category Archives: South India
Holi Festival
Holi Festival (sometimes known as the Festival of Colours) is – obviously – a colourful festival primarily celebrated by Hindus all around the world, though mainly in India and Nepal. […]
North Goa
Arambol / Anjuna / Morjim / Mandrem So, as I mentioned in the previous post, we changed our plans suddenly (originally intending to work our way back up North from […]
Varkala
…AKA Heaven! Yes, this serene vision of the clear blue waves lapping against the soft sand beach wiped away all fatigue and stress and made us want to drop our […]
Madurai
Hopping off the bus at Ridiculous-O’clock (5am), our fatigue allowed us yet again to get trapped in the rickshaw/guesthouse scam, and agreed to pay much more than we should have […]
Killing time in Pondicherry: DON’T LET BAGGAGE RUIN YOUR LIFE
Whilst we had a lovely few days in Pondicherry, our last day seemed totally against us. First, an unfamiliar man knocks on our door at 9am, demanding to know why […]
Pondicherry
The bus from Hyderabad was a semi-sleeper which cost 1000 Rupees. We stopped once for a toilet break and snacks, but after that, it was a case of squatting on […]
Hyderabad
The decision to come to Hyderabad, as well as it being on the way down South, was so that Brendan (Australian) could watch the cricket match (though personally, I wasn’t […]
Train Journey from Hell
So maybe it was our mistake not to book the train from Agra to Hyderabad in advance, but it’s difficult to know how long we are going to stay in […]
