Hindustan Beach Resort Varkala

... apprehension. Actually, I'm filled with apprehension for the whole trip. How to just get about seems an enormous challenge, least of all fighting off everyone that's after your tourist dollar all the time. Although I'm getting surprising better at haggling or getting things for the right price, nothing is ever straight forward here..... I'm hoping a few more weeks on the road and a few more adventures with battle-harden me!

... esperer meilleurs compagnons de route... Mais normalement on se retrouve au Nepal..<br>Donc ce soir quelques mojitos au programme mais pas trop car demain matin lever 5 h pour aller a l'aeroport de Trivandrum pour 7h15 et prendre mon vol a 9h15 pour Colombo, Srilanka, premier changement de plan dans mon voyage, surement pas le dernier.. Mais je pense que c'est un bon plan, je vais y passer 14 jours....<br>A demain dans un nouveau pays...<br>

... a family, i was relived.<br><br>I was even more relived when i realized how lovely my decision was to stop here in Vakala at the last minute, half hour before my orginal plan. It's a very small coastal town, with high cliffs descending down to the ocean with scattered beaches. There are many shops, restuarants, hotels, along the dirt path on the edge of the cliffs and some hidden back as you follow more dirt paths. I ...

... be a bit of a Tibetan community here who drive a hard line in their shops and are rubbish at bargaining. By day 2 here the guys I met up with in the Funky Art Cafe had found a fantastic restaurant, a real cheapie - 2 British pounds of Her Majesties finest Stirling will buy you a tandoori Baracuda steak with rice, a soup starter &amp; a drink. Youch.

... she is so much than just an Indian lady that hugs her fellow men and women, for she uses her money to improve the lives of many unfortunate people all around the world, from Tsunami and earthquake victims to homeless men and women and people with disabilities of varying nature. She even sent a million dollars to the USA to support the victims of hurricane Katrina. Most activities have a set time when they take place, namely meal ...

... runs it is * bit of * groper trying to gr*b our *rses *nd * str*nge m*n indeed, he's * couple of c*ns short of * six p*ck bec*use kept inviting us for sex despite us telling him we were not interested. He would follow us up to our room fl*shing * gi*nt Colg*te, jetser like, white grin then we would h*ve to close the door on his f*ce. So, we moved to the s*me pl*ce Chris is in with * Ker*l*n f*mily in *n unm*rked guesthouse behind the Sunset Rest*ur*nt *nd down *n ...

... around with everyone else until another bus arrived. The minute we started moving someone shouted and jumped off the bus. After a lot of commotion outside someone told us that a lady had had her bag stollen or bus ticket or something and before we knew it we were all back on the bus and taken to the police station for a bag and body search. We played dumb since noone was letting us know what was going on and we just stayed on the bus and noone seemed to care. After a ...

... traveling, I have only met a handful of Americans who I actually liked, Fianna being one of them, and Suzie (whom I met my last day inside a shop). Suzie and I ended up running around all over the city of Varkala together after I overheard her saying she needed to get a rickshaw into town for the ATM. I needed to mail things at the post, and after 2 trips to the post office and to 2 tailors (you have to get your parcel encased in fabric for shipping). I still had to ...

... of madurai to kollam. a nice little town in the backwaters of kerala. arriving at 1 in the morning we decided to make short work of trying to find a bed, 'just make sure it is clean and comfortable and we can find another place later in the day.' rodger, over and out...no problem. we got out at the first hotel - shah international - we are liking the name so mike popped in to do the usual negotiations and room visits. whilst the room wasn't ...

... fine by us. I managed to crack the last few chapters of Jane Eyre (I never saw that alien invasion ending coming, did you? - what a card that Charlotte Bronte was!), in time for an after dinner gin rummy contest. It was close, but the mosquitos won in the end and we retreated indoors. The next day we only had a short way to go before returning to Allepey, so we decided to try to get all the way to Kumily (our next planned destination ...