Dell Guest House Dover

... the last bit of driving before crossing over to the wrong side of the road. We arrived at Dover at around 5am...perhaps a little early for the 9:15 ferry, but as I learned when catching the ferry to the Isle of Man - it's better to be an hour early than a minute late! The weather wasn't so great - infact it was windy as hell - which meant that some of the SeaFrance ferrys to Calais had been cancelled, but fortunately our ferry with P&O was only ...

Boulogne is a town that seems to have grown a lot. Its old city center is still surrounded by its old fortress walls. The city that sprawls outside of this is somewhat drab and uninspiring but within the walls there is a great feel for what it used to look like with its cobbled stones and old city hall building. We stopped at a small café to warm up and then we walked along the walls of the city enjoying the view of the city ...

Next stop was Calais, sort of. We didn't really stay in Calais but we kept getting drawn back there for one reason or another. It is the closest city to the U.K at just 34kms of water in between the two. We first decided to stop there to stretch our legs and grab a bite to eat. The city isn't huge and besides a few nice buildings there wasn’t too much to see. We got some good food at a restobar ...

Now then, plans are set, although not in stone! I now have an idea of
where I’m going when and how to get there! A couple of domestic flights
have been booked too..and a lot cheaper than I expected them to be!

Sun 27:
Arrive Mumbai at 04:00
Take Cab/Bus to Dadar
Take Bus from Dadar to Pune
Arrive in Pune
Night in PUNE

Mon 28:
Drive down to Mahabaleshwar
Take bus/cab to Satara (unless private bus straight to Goa -12 hours)
Ramsgate, England, United Kingdom kartik_bhudia

... due to a couple of little incidents on the way. We had a new inverter delivered yesterday morning as the original failed on Friday so I attempted to install that this morning but ran out of time. We were making good time to Dover but we needed to fill up the gas before we left the country as we had no time to get a French adaptor. The pump we found filled ...

... the tunnels. We also got on a tour of the medival tunnels which are part of the castle. In the evening got some fresh fish and chips which are always good in coastal towns. Chilled out at the motel as we had an actual apartment which was a nice chance to catch up on some sleep after staying in the hostels and sleeping at people's houses.

... and not to return for a long time. In general we found the south coast a bit bland and the locals a bit abrasive. Your probably picking up a anti UK vibe, which its true, we just feel like there is nothing there for us now, I have a lot of friends and family and happy memories in the UK so it will always be my home, but van willing we will be seeing allot of Europe before we see those wight cliff of Dover again.

... cliffs right after the entrance was closed but I went in anyway and there were no people around at all, not a soul. It was a perfect time of day (still a couple hours before the sun was going to set), perfect weather, and everywhere I went there were little bunnies that would scatter and I walked toward them. I'm not sure if it's strange to be so happy alone actually really enjoyed spending ...

... up in Dover about 3 1/2 hours before our ferry was to depart. So we headed up to Dover castle to check it out. We were going to tour around when low and behold there was an opening on the secret wartime tunnels tour. It gave us little time to do anything else but was really cool. Its hard to imagine all those people living and working in the tunnels and cliffs of Dover. It was ...

... for the Channel Tunnel I so wish I was going that way rather than the long winded ferry route but 5 miles down the road and up the hill its always nice to overlook Dover and the channel and see France on the horizon a know the adventure is about to begin properly. Pulling into Dover I decided to top up with fuel in the UK and ...