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We had decided to extend our stay in Kodaikanal for another night as we were thoroughly enjoying the atmosphere and the respite from the heat. We didn’t have much planned for the day but our first stop was Bryant park. Unfortunately it wasn’t the amazing park it had been billed as but it was anContinue reading “Cruising around Kodaikanal “

We are getting pretty used to scary bus rides up and down mountains so apart from a near head on collision the trip down from Kodaikanal to the plains passed without much incident. Once down on the flats it was slightly less scary but we are still getting used to the driving here and justContinue reading “The Madness of Madurai”

What a crazy place! Our first real taste of an Indian city and what an experience. The streets are dusty, the traffic thick and walking down the road you have to be aware of everything around you. Cars going the wrong way down the street, no footpath or if there is, it has holes inContinue reading “Madurai Day 2”

We are getting to terms with the fact that 200kms progress by public transport in India in one day is actually fairly good progress and trying to achieve anything else in a day might be a bit ambitious. The key is to just lay back and enjoy the journey. I wasn’t quite sure which ticketsContinue reading “Tiruchirapalli and a bit of Delhi Belly”

Finally woke up feeling like a human again today. We were leaving Trichy today and we were both glad to get out of our hotel room that we had been holed up in for the last 3 days. We only were going about 45kms as the crow flies to Thanjavur via train. So we headedContinue reading “Brihadishwara Temple in Thanjavur”

We had picked Puducherry for a three day stop as it was going to be my birthday so we thought a relaxing time in a nice hotel on the coast would do the trick. We were definitely looking forward to it. Puducherry according to Lonely Planet was a unique blend of Franco – Indian flareContinue reading “Puducherry “

Our descent from the luxury of the hotel we stayed at for Sarah’s birthday was pretty rapid and all of a sudden we were sat on a local bus sweating in the heat and praying that it would pull away from the bus station so that some air would start flowing and we would coolContinue reading “Rock Carvings in Mamallapuram”

We kind of cheated with our transport today and opted for an air conditioned taxi for the 2 hour trip north to Chennai instead of the local bus. Our excuse was that we were only spending one night in Chennai so wanted to get there as quick as possible. It had nothing to do withContinue reading “Chennai formerly known as Madras”

The main attraction at Mysore, the palace, didn’t open until 10am so we thought we would have a look at some of the other sights in Mysore by way of a warm up. First stop was Government House and why this was recommended as a place to see I will never know. There was nothingContinue reading “The Magnificent Mysore Palace”