So after another 3 hour bus journey we arrived at Chinnar wildlife sanctuary around 12pm.Our trek wasn't due to start until 2.30pm so we filled the time by doing one of our favourite things... eating!So 2.15pm came and our non English speakingguide (Shibu) came over armed with just a stick which was quite worrying as the sanctuary we are trekking through is home to Tigers, Leopards, Elephants etc etc!! As you can imagine Laura started with the nonstop questions...

We were on the bus heading north from Alleppey to Cochin when we decided to change our route and instead of heading further up the coast, we now planned to get another bus at Cochin and head inland to the tea plantations to a place called Munnar.We arrived at Cochin at around 12pm and caught the 1.40pm bus out to Munnar, the 5 hour journey up the mountains was spectacular... if not a bit terrifying driving along the mountain face all the way up (around 5000ft a...

Today we arrived in Alleppey which is around 2hrs by train north of Varkala, Alleppey is the most popular place in the whole of India to explore the Keralan backwaters (which are a network of water canals and lakes that cover a large area of Kerala's inland) by Ricebarge/Houseboat - it's a bit like Venice but more tropical. We were up at 5am ready in time to catch our 6.30am train, we have realised that getting up early to travel is far more comfortable as yo...

Dinner tonight was funny... we arranged to meet upwith a Swiss couple (Michael & Nicole) who we met yesterday whilst catching a bus back from Trivandrum.After meeting them we decided that we all fancied some seafood, so we walked along the cliff side looking at all the fish the restaurants have displayed on the front.After scanning up and down we found a small eatery that had a particularly nice looking medium sized tuna fish, so bartered for a bit and en...

Yo!! It's actually 8th Dec today so we've gotta back-date a little! It's almost sunset and we're sitting in a little beachfront restaurant writing this, watching the sun go down - everywhere is orange at the mo, it's beautiful! We're currently at a place called Varkala (arrived here on 5th) which was a four and a half hour train ride South from Cochin. The train journey was an experience in itself!! Basically you get your ticket and unless you have reserved a ...