Beth arrived last week and already I've expertly inducted her into the world of India and some of the cultural mores. Just yesterday she placed her cow s***ty flip flop on a sacred Hindu temple. Perhaps equivalent to taking your dog for a walk in a Church? As tour guide I take full responsibility.So, Varanasi is 'interesting'. The Ganges is amazingly atmospheric although we spent a boat ride down it last night mostly praying that we didn't fall in...

Greetings people, I have finally got my hands on the keyboard so welcome to Beth's first blog! (Edited by Dan) So as you can probably tell from the photograph (not one of ours I might add) we're now in Agra, home to the Taj Mahal and not a whole lot else. After a happy yet necessarily conservative reunion at Delhi airport, Dan and I are again together, YEY! We only spent a couple of nights at 'Hotel Relax' in Delhi and I had the pleasure of having my own persona...

Yes folks, I've made it back to Delhi and arrived yesterday following a mere 23 and a half hour train journey (it's a badge of honour) from Calcutta. I didn't manage to do as much as I'd have liked in Calcutta, perhaps a reason for going back one day (Eden Gardens Test Match anyone?) but still found it to the most interesting place I've been to in India and it didn't disappoint my imagination. Very excitingly, the lovely Miss Beth Thomson arrives tomorrow mornin...

Having backed out of a machismo fuelled suggestion to myself that I take the train all the way from Kerala to Kolkata (Calcutta), I arrived in this amazing City last Monday having taken some sleazyjet (read: Jet and Indigo) flights, changing at the lovely Chennai airport. Hmm, lovely. Anyway, I'm now writing on my final day before I leave for Delhi tomorrow morning in order to collect Miss T from Delhi airport on Thursday (Yey! Currently looking for a sign with '...

Hello World that appears to have gone facebook crazy. Here's my second blog from the stunning surrounds of Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary. Not much to report from last time as I've been mainly lazing around in my tree house. Until I saw a big snake which looked suspiciously like a Cobra (I can't be sure as I'm not Austin Stevens) lurking not so far away this morning. So I thought I'd retreat to the safety of the internet cafe. Abject failure in te...