New Delhi
January 17 in India ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
A fascinating insight into Delhi with a very scary rickshaw ride in old Delhi.
Kochi
January 18 in India ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
A lovely first evening in Cochin. Great Keralan cooking experience with Rosy and Francis followed by drinks at the Old harbour hotel where we are staying.
Kochi
January 19 in India ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
Amazing guide to Kochi’s history this morning and this afternoon we cycled around the working life of Kochi including the laundry, sweet shop and poppadom maker! Quite scary between the cars,Read more
Kumarakom
January 21 in India ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
On the way to Aleppy we were welcomed into joining a religious festival by the amazing women dancing.
We spent a serene day and night night on a backwaters rice boat.
Kumarakom
January 22 in India ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
A fascinating walk through the Aleppy backwaters, looking at churches, hospitals, schools and finally boarding the river bus.
Kumarakom
January 23 in India ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Today we travelled around Kumukaron looking at the local fishing culture, a delicious breakfast cooked by a local family, a glass of local Toddy, a look at a local festival and finally relaxing at ourRead more
Kumarakom
January 23 in India ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Quiet day with early yoga, swimming and lovely Ayurveda treatments. Rob bravely went for the massage by foot by a martial artist!
Kumarakom
January 24 in India ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Muvattupuzha
January 26 in India ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C
Wonderful couple of days at The Indian Summer House in Muvattupuzha, henna tattoos, punting on the river and making new friends.
Muttukad
January 27 in India ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
After a gruelling but amazing yoga session with our new friends we arrived at the beautiful Spice Tree near Munnar for a relaxing afternoon of tea tasting and a hike to watch the sunset.
Muttukad
January 28 in India ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Up early for yoga followed by a boneshaking drive by jeep to the highest tea plantation in India.
We watched the clouds rise in the early morning and posed by Lion rock.
Muttukad
January 29 in India ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Another amazing day in the rea plantations. A slightly bumpy ride on the tuk tuk through the tea, a lovely walk to where the workers live, then a visit to the tea factory.
Our guide then took us toRead more
Coimbatore
January 30 in India ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
A long drive through two nature reserves, one in Kerala and then crossing the border to Tamil Nadu. Driving on roads still being built to arrive Coimbatore to find we have free drinks in the bar…
Mysuru
January 31 in India ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Arrived in chaotic Mysore today. We had a look around the huge market and a delicious lunch in a lovely vegetarian restaurant.
Mysuru
February 1 in India ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
What a wonderful tour of Mysuru today. A drive up to Chamundi Hill in the early morning to see the local Royal family’s temple, a trip back down to see the bull Nandi and on to the Amba Vilas PalaceRead more
Punchavi
February 2 in India ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
We have arrived in paradise.
In Neeleshwar hermitage in north Kerala, finally time to relax on the beach.
Punchavi
February 3 in India ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
Another day in paradise.
Tadadi
February 4 in India ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Today we visited a local family temple to experience a Theyyam festival, when god visits a temple in the form of a human. What an amazing ceremony. The lovely families welcomed us so warmly andRead more
Tadadi
February 5 in India ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Sadly we left the lovely Neeleshwar Hermitage to travel to Gokarna. On the way we stopped for lunch and chatted to an Indian family who were on the way to a family wedding next door, dressed in theirRead more
Hegade
February 6 in India ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
Another beautiful day relaxing in Gokarna, a boat trip around the little beaches and a refreshing swim. The dolphins joined us on our cruise…
Mumbai
February 7 in India ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
We left beautiful Kahani Paradise and travelled to Goa to pick up the 8 hour train to Mumbai.
We were very sad to say goodbye to our lovely friend and driver Unni.
The train was much comfier andRead more
Mumbai
February 8 in India ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
So excited to go to the Cricket World Cup today in Mumbai. It was a nail biting match to the very last ball. Thousands of Nepalese had travelled to enjoy the match and we beat them by 4 runs, we wereRead more
Panvel Taluka
February 9 in India ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
What a day!! Out a 5am to the colourful and noisy fish, fruit, veg, newspaper, and flower markets and then to the laundry.
Then to pick up my 2 dresses for the wedding, then a fascinating tour ofRead more
Mumbai
February 10 in India ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Firstly Happy Birthday to Rob!
And what an amazing way to spend it at Viraj and Nidhi’s Sangeet. An evening of dancing to celebrate the couples’ engagement, with dancing shows including our veryRead more
