Ey up Am in Hospet at the moment. Sadie left for her flight home on 11th February and I left Russell in Gokarna with our German friend Karsten and Israeli friend Tamara. So, back by myself now. Took the train to Hospet, booked into a fairly posh hotel (new part of hotel is very posh, but I'm in the old wing and my room looks like a prison cell) and have slobbed around not doing a lot for the last four days. Took a guided tour to Hampi, which was abso...

Dear All Just realised that I haven't updated the site in three weeks, so thought I'd better get typing!! So, went from Kodaikanal in the hills down to the most southern tip of India (Kamyakumari). Stopped overnight there and took the train to Varkala in Kerala. Varkala was very pretty, but very touristy - very different from the Varkala my friend Sadie visited 5 years ago! Spent a fortune on clothes, the shops were amazing - full of beautiful clothe...

Hello Everyone Well, we're in Kodaikanal, up in the hills. It's pretty cold up here, not quite freezing but feels like it when you've just left 37 degrees behind in the lowlands. It is very, very beautiful though. So, we're here until tomorrow (22nd January), then we're planning to take a bus down to Kochi, the state capital of Kerala and a train down to Varkala. Which means we'll be back by the sea (and in the heat) for my birthday on the 24th. ...

Greetings everyone and happy new year! Had a great Christmas and New Year on the Andaman Islands. The place is absolutely beautiful - white sand, palm trees and turquoise sea - wonderful. We took the two day ferry back to Chennai on 12th January and then left for Madurai on the 16th. So, we're here at the moment. Went to see bull running at a village outside Madurai yesterday, all in aid of the festival of Pongal (harvest festival), it was very...

Hello Everyone Well, after three days of terrible sea sickness, on a boat with 727 indians and being woken up with the noises of hocking and retching at about 5.30am, we're here in the Andaman Islands. It's absolutely beautiful here, idyllic! We've had a nice dinner of lemon rice and huge grilled tiger prawns tonight (for about 3.50, including beer) and I've bought some of the most effective travel sickness pills I've ever tried ready for the two-hou...