Firstly; apologies for the lack of updates recently…no excuse! Secondly; Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Our retreats went well, I really enjoyed my yoga retreat and got quite a lot out of it. More than anything, realising that I can do things when I put my mind to them and to start being a bit prouder of my achievements rather than concentrating on the things I didn't quite manage. I challenged myself to doing a full 2 day silence, which I almos...

4 months ago, the thought of a 14 hour train journey would have put us off and got us booking the next flight! But now, we're seasoned pro's… Our train left Bangkok at 10pm and the first impressions were good! Much cleaner than the Indian trains we had travelled on and there were luggage racks next to each set of bunks which meant that we didn't need to squeeze them onto our beds with us! We spent a few hours chatting with the girls opposite us and then dr...

Our flight from Mumbai was at 1am, due to get into Bangkok at about 7am local time, so we were both shattered by the time we boarded the plane. We both managed to get some sleep, and woke up just as we were landing…a new country! Passed through immigration no trouble at all, picked up our bags straight away and headed out into the unknown…as we were both a bit dazed and confused after not much sleep, we opted to take a taxi to our hostel, rather than nav...

The day had arrived…we were leaving Goa a month after we arrived (give or take 5 days in Hampi!). We felt ready to move on, although this was probably more excitement about a hot shower and staying in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai - not sure if you've heard of it?? First we had to dispose of the boxes of pressies…of course, even that wasn't simple! We thought we'd done a great job of packaging up the boxes and clearly labelling the addresses, but ...

Brr, it's cold in Hampi at 5.30am! After a bit of a nervous wait, our tuk tuk driver turned up to take us to the station. Ah, don't you just love an early start? Especailly when you get to the train station and find that you could have had an extra hour in bed!! Oh well, we got to see a pretty sunrise and we met a lovely Portuguese girl who was travelling for a month by herself. She wasn't feeling very well, so was glad of some company while we waited. Eventual...