Hotel Metropol Calais

... bus from Satara to Panaji<br>Night on bus<br><br>Tues 29:<br>Arrive in Panaji at about 8am <br>Take bus to Calangute &#8211; 45 mins<br>Night in Calangute/ Candolim<br><br>Wed 30th:<br>Visit Calangute<br>Depart for Madgaon<br>Depart from Madgaon to Jog falls OR<br>Depart from Madgaon to Ernakulam (Train &#8211; 14hrs)<br>Night on train/bus<br><br>Thurs 1st Oct:<br>Visit Backwaters - Allepey <br>Depart for Coimbatore (Train &#8211; 8-9 hours) bus? <br>Night in Coimbatore ...

... we ordered 4 kebab pizzas????? which I missed out on as shortly after arriving at the restaurant, was throwing up outside!!<br><br>Joe had to take me back to the hotel, with a stop off to the burger van for a 2.5Euro burger!<br><br>Whilst i was being put to bed, about 6pm by the way, Kris had a menu snatched off him in the restaurant as he was laughing in to it (tash and kris were in absolute stitches all ...

<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>

... in the not too distant future.<br><br>So that's it! Almost 16 thousand miles, 23 different countries. So much to take in, three months not nearly enough time to appreciate the different cultures and sights. The Land Rover had a few problems, nothing that couldn't be fixed on the trail within an hour or so. The 1200 GS bikes were pretty much trouble-free with Pete's bike having a weeping oil seal that was ...

We set off to France today for a new period in our life in Europe. <br>Work still chugs on, but with only 12 shifts in 42, we have plenty of time to ourselves. <br>We decided those "spare" 30 days should be spent in Europe.<br> <br>I'll skip over the months of research and prep work and bring us up to today where we are now on the 4pm ferry instead of the 2pm ...

... engine data, there is something wrong with the emissions controller, safe to drive but not at speed or long distance, terrific I'm only about 650 miles from home. I plod along the motorway at 50mph, nice and gently, hoping that miraculously the light may go out. I stop at a services with a spanner sign and ask the nice French mechanic if he has any ideas. He manages to charades to me a question, have I been sat with the engine ...

... north of Alencon. Wanting to treat ourselves before the real on-the-road trip starts, we find a room in a sweet little hotel and sleep for 12 hours solid! I don't wanna know what the lady running the joint might have thought when we locked the door of our bedroom not to re-emerge for the next dozen hours...!

... pass us, so we are very confused, but I suppose that will just remain a mystery. Another hour or so on the coach and we are viewing the white cliffs of Dover. I imagine they would be more impressive if we were not seeing them from the perspective of the industrial section of town, but they are pretty cool. The castle on the hill is nifty as well. While waiting for the ferry, we rub elbows with another EF tour group that is basically doing the same tour ...

... core looking for parking, but could not find a parking garage with space. This is another city to explore without a car. I continued on and was surprised that within just a few minutes after leaving the city, I was crossed the border into Belgium. The best way to describe Belgium is America with the charm of small town Germany. The highways had definitely seen better days. The pavement or concrete of the road was uneven or failing in many places. There was litter and graffiti on the ...