Holiday Inn Calais

We awoke to the noise of trucks and early morning deliveries..Took Lucy for walk and packed van ready to hit the road again..Start? Yes!!<br><br>Breakfast at the Happy Chef opposite the Marina in Dover was very welcomed, and to be recommended. We will be checking out Uncle Sam's next time we pass through. Now down to the Ferry port for check in..<br><br>Ooh la la......<br>

Now then, plans are set, although not in stone! I now have an idea of<br>where I&#8217;m going when and how to get there! A couple of domestic flights<br>have been booked too..and a lot cheaper than I expected them to be!<br><br>Sun 27:<br>Arrive Mumbai at 04:00<br>Take Cab/Bus to Dadar<br>Take Bus from Dadar to Pune<br>Arrive in Pune<br>Night in PUNE <br><br>Mon 28:<br>Drive down to Mahabaleshwar<br>Take bus/cab to Satara (unless private bus straight to Goa -12 hours)<br ...

So this is where it all started. We all gathered in the Restaurant, with our vehicles lined up outside.<br>The teams were all given two eggs to keep safe for the week, and a set of challenges including a bingo card to collect photos of things we might see on the way.<br><br>The Road book was handed out, along with the t shirts, and we all lined up for team photos ...

<br>Well well well&#8230;Planning a trip is by no means an easy feat especially<br>when we&#8217;re talking about a country that is approximately 14 times the<br>size of the UK!<br><br>It&#8217;s turning out to be a nightmare to be honest. So much to see, so many to see&#8230;and 21 days just isn&#8217;t long enough! <br><br>Having never been there, it&#8217;s hard to understand just how big India really is. <br ...

... to cook 560 odd recipes from Julias book in 1 year(365 days)<br>and will blog about her progress.<br><br>I've always thought about blogging and sharing my experiences with<br>people out there but have never got round to it. This movie has somehow<br>convinced me to start one! (and you too Vishal!!) and what more than to start blogging about<br>my journey to India!(Exactly 2 weeks from now, I'll be flying out to<br>Mumbai!...for the very first time!)<br>

... 1 litre every 40 seconds and we took almost 50 litres. 30 minutes I had my finger presses to that damn "fill" button! So we are on this ferry, now heading back to Dover for reasons as yet unknown!! <br> <br> <br> - Injuries<br><br> It turns out we damaged an crew member on our departure so return to drop him off with A&amp;E!<br>On our way again, 45 mins late

... point, my hands are greasy and bleeding and his look like a baby's behind. Then he charges us. We called Peugeot to raise hell, but as you'll soon find out, I guess he deserved the cash. Anyway, onto the beach. To try and make ourselves less furious, we picked up a twelve pack of Stella (which is incredibly cheap here... only 4 Euro for the 12... I know, right?) and booked it out to Sangatte. We figured we'd camp there for the day/night because ...

... number of other villages nearby and buy a very good bottle of dessert wine called Muscat de Beaume de Venise. So now it's party time and I head for the tiny village of Lucinges near Geneva. Lucinges doesn't actually appear on my French map so I stop in at a petrol station and browse through a local map and try and memorise enough of the directions to find it, which fortunately I do. Ana has recently moved to Lucinges (from Leysin in Switzerland) to live with her partner ...

... us. Uh-oh. So we walked a little faster to the bus to find we were the last ones back. This was weird because I could have sworn that Mattais was behind us for most of the trip. But, no one seemed upset so no harm no foul, I guess. Canterbury was fun especially considering I was able to finally find stamps and some cheapie little souveniors and a couple of neat postcards. After finally reaching the bus, we climbed aboard and started off for Dover. I took ...