Monthly Archives: April 2014
The Journey to the Heart of South India (Munnar to Mysore)
It appears the internet can only give you so much information and local knowledge goes a long way, especially on the less trodden paths(at least tourist-wise). I like to think I’m pretty good at good old Google-fu but nowhere could I find a nice easy way to get to Mysore from Munnar (using forums, travel … Continue reading
Head to the hills – Munnar
Munnar is such a beautiful place, reached by a series of sharp bends spiralling through the hillside. The main focus of our trip here was to trek up into the tea plantations. We arranged a trip through our guest house, Green View, up at 5.30am for tea and biscuits (yes! I now seem to drink … Continue reading
By the water’s edge
Feels like we’re back in Sri Lanka now. The whole place is green and buzzing with life, a contrast to the shades of grey and yellow of Chennai, and everything already seems more relaxed. We got to Alappuzha (Alleppey) around 1500 and headed straight for the guest house (Vendanta wake up! an Indian backpacking chain). We … Continue reading
Fort Kochi, culture town!
This is more like it… green trees, happy smiling faces… We were struggling to find a train from Chennai to Kochi (Cochin) so we took a flight instead, it actually worked out cheaper at £25 each (instead of around £50 each for 1AC, first class). We were sat next to a lovely guy from Kerala … Continue reading
Welcome to India…
…And what a welcome it was – a true guidebook introduction to the chaos that is India! Feeling rather smug that we’d had a taste (albeit a diluted taste) of what India was going to be like by visiting Sri Lanka first, getting out of the airport and not seeing too many people we thought … Continue reading
Gem River Edge
We took a 9000LKR A/C taxi from Unawatuna to Gem River Edge eco-lodge due to it being New Year in Sri Lanka on 13th April (2014), we were told that the buses would not be running (the same journey on a bus would have only cost us 170LKR each). Our taxi driver was nice enough … Continue reading
Yala National Park Safari
Up at 4.45am for a 5.30am jeep ride to Yala National Park. We were joined by a lovely couple from Munich, had an amazing time but instead of trying to describe every bump, nook and turn, we’ll let the pictures do the talking! There are a few, and most need a couple of seconds to … Continue reading
Colombo to Unawatuna
First proper post after we’ve ‘settled’ into the swing of things… slightly! We arrived at Colombo after a shortish transfer flight (2hrs from Mumbai). We’d managed to bag ourselves a couple of brilliant seats next to a very worse for wear Canadian fellow that was either scared of flying or just liked to drink before … Continue reading
Ready, Steady, Go!
First check in! We are now officially on our way! Currently sat in a newly furbished (as-in, there are no shops open, and tills are still in their plastic wrapping!) Mumbai airport waiting for the connecting flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka! At first, slightly confused to the pricing scheme, as usual in airports there is … Continue reading
