The train was about an hour late in leaving. This time I got our reservation correct and there were no hiccups along the way. Each compartment on 2nd class trains has stacked mattresses/seats like bunk beds. During the night two people climb up and sleep on the...
Carrie and I woke up early to catch the sunrise at a temple near our guest house. After a bit of bushwhacking (we missed a turn which had nice but slippery stone stairs) we made it to the top of the rocky hill just in time to see the orange ball peek up over the...
We got up at an obscenely early hour I thought was the stuff of myth but here I was at 4:30 catching a taxi to the train station to Hampi. It was our first experience with the trains and it’s a very confusing complicated process. Made more confusing because we...
After the initial piña colada and amazing dinner in palolem, I had a great sleep (of course after my heart rate went down due to previously mentioned centipede incident) My cankles needed some attention so Carrie and I caved to some high pressure sales tactics and...
The flight on air France was good and uneventful. I had champagne because I could. Aperatif ma’am? Why yes mademoiselle would love some. Anyone who knows me would chuckle to hear that I was seated beside two seven year old girls with a two year old...
Well I promised to write my first blog post ages ago. Here i am on day four having some spare time to myself at last! I first wanted to write about my high anxiety coming into this trip. India to me has always been sort of the epitome of travel. .. a...