Havelock is known as the party island in the Andaman’s. It has three places that serve alcohol, along with one other place that has a liquor license three days a week. And a liquor store that is open in infrequent…
We fought the lawn and the lawn won
A few days into our stay in Pondicherry, we decided to visit what is known as the international community of Auroville. About 15km outside of Pondicherry, and beyond the boundaries of the French Union Territory, Auroville is a community of…
Borderline Crazy is famous!
Guess what? Borderline Crazy is famous! Seriously. That might be a bit of an exaggeration, but I (Steph) was a guest on Mo’ Money Mo’ Houses official podcast, an awesome blog on personal finance. Jess, from Mo’ Money Mo’…
Pondering in Pondicherry
After five days of temple touring, moving everyday and attempting to find half decent accommodation (pretty sure Marieke got bed bugs in Tanjore), we were pretty stoked to have allotted five days for Pondicherry, especially since we had a lovely…
Getting Through Tamil Nadu
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…
When a Man Comes a Knocking – A Story of Dealing With the Unwanted Attention of an Indian Man
We hadn’t expected the knock at the door. It was 4pm and I had just woken up from an almost two hour long nap, my solution to the afternoon heat in Kollam. I was puzzled as to whom it…
Welcome to the Backwaters of Kerala
When we decided to focus our trip to India on the South rather than the North one of the must do activities we both agreed on was renting a houseboat on the backwaters of Kerala. Houseboats aren’t expensive relative to…