South India Feb/Mar 2009

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

So India then….Somewhere I hadn’t really thought of going to before but its warm, the food is awesome, the UK pound is still worth something, lots of tea and my work flies to Goa so I can get a discounted flight. I wasn’t really sure what else but as I researched more I realised how much there was to do in South India and what a diverse place it was. Not really surprising for a region with a history of being invaded and ruled by so many different countries over the years. We only had two weeks so we decided to follow a vaguely circular route and travel south from Goa to Kerala spending roughly one week in each state. We got our jabs, bought the painfully expensive malaria tablets, packed summer clothes scarcely believing it could be warm away from a London in the grip of winter and set off on our way. [read more...]

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