Tamil Nadu, the State on the east coast, feels like the real South India. It’s about as opposite to Goa as you can get. Gone are the palm tree lined beaches, cheap cold beers, banana pancakes and beach huts, and…
Making Friends with Richard Parker
While most of the travellers we met in our two weeks were hitting the beaches of Varkala, we decided to save our sand time for the ten days we’d planned in the Andaman Islands, and opted to instead spent a…
Backtracking the Backwaters
After spending a lovely day on Captain James’ boat in Alleppey, Marieke and I headed down to Kollam, where we had an interesting stay at a local hotel. Still unsure of whether or not we wanted to commit to…
This is India
Coming into the trip, we had been told a lot of different stories about India, and what to expect. After 6 weeks in, here is a bit of our take on what we’d been expecting, and what we have actually…
2014 Up in Flames
We spent most of the 31st unaware of how lost we were, walking through the less touristy district of Fort Kochin trying to find the neighbouring district of Manticherry. While it might seem that we had done nothing special at…
No Sore in Mysore
Due to the very high season falling between Christmas and New Year’s, we didn’t end up splurging on a nice place to stay in Hampi, as there really wasn’t anyplace available that was worth spending an extra ten dollars a…
Christmas in Hampi
While Christmas away from home is always a little strange, it was also my fourth time in the last five years. I have spent Christmas day in Nicaragua, Bali, Colombia and now India. Inevitably, it always seems to be in…
Shining a Light on Unsavoury Men
Most of the tales you hear about being in India are negative ones. Particularly ones involving foreign women and Indian men. While it is important to be aware and take precautions, it is nice to hear another side. Here’s a…
Learning to Puke
I will be the first to admit that it took myself and Steph and few days to get into the “Ashram lifestyle” partly because we had no idea what we were signing up for. We had slept through the first…
Krazy Kayaking
So what did we do during the day at Agonda? Well, most of the time we were good beach bums and spent the day tanning, reading and swimming, but a couple of days in we decided we were ready for…