And this is the reason I wanted to come to India – for Kerala. It didn’t disappoint. Arriving in Kochi by train was not much fun so we were tired and dirty when we checked in. It seems a little more well-kept and maintained in Kochi, the roads are better and less crazy. The streets… Read More »
Initially I had planed to get around India on the trains like the locals but it turned out to be almost impossible to get tickets so we were left with only one long overnight train and that was from Goa to Kochi. As it turned out, this was lucky because one was plenty for the… Read More »
Goa was a later addition to the trip – I thought it would be nice to have a beach element. The route to Goa was supposed to be from Chennai but because of the difficulties getting train tickets, we ended up in Jaipur and then having to fly to Goa. We arrived after 10pm and… Read More »
Earlier in the day we had walked past the polo club… well, the others walked past but I walked straight through the gates and into the very grand club house. It turned out that later in the day was the final of some trophy. We were welcome to come along FOC. What a result. We… Read More »
We decided to take a bajaj/motor rickshaw/tuk tuk up the hill to the Nahargarh Fort. Here the guide books tell us we can get amazing views of the city. We were at the lake so we needed a vehicle to get the 10km up the hill. None of the drivers we booked on Uber would… Read More »
Jaipur was a late addition to our schedule which had to change because we couldn’t get train tickets to Chennai. We had planned on a few days there to see some temples and then an overnight train to Goa. As it turned out we flew from Rishikesh directly to Jaipur instead and spend four nights… Read More »