Kediyoor Hotel Udupi

... have been unhappy at work for a year and a half. My employers didn't listen to me and there was a lot of tension. Only one person at work was supportive and listened. Yes, and that'll be Anita then (thanks Anita). Worryingly he did ask if I'd had an accident recently, and when I said no, he had this 'oh, that bit hasn't happened yet' look on his face before telling me to be careful around water. Another shocker is that Paul and I will have 3 children. This is not the first person to ...

My anticipated night of comfort didn't take into account the general state of Indian roads, having been spoilt by our experiences in Goa, and as a result by the time we arrived it felt like I had spent the night in a cement mixer. Our bed was right over the engine, and so felt every accelleration made, and so I resigned myself to a night with my ipod, snatching a little sleep wherever I could. However, we made good time, arriving in ...

... four because the road is so bad". Det kan noteras att det sen egentligen tog 5 timmar. Och vilken resa... Det var ganska högt upp i bergen (>1000 m) så vägen gick både upp och ner. Som tur var hade vi Kimi Räikkönen som chaufför (även om han var utklädd till arab) annars hade väl resan tagit några timmar mer. För övrigt kan noteras att Tatas (alltså märket Tata) bussar har förvånansvärt bra väghållning. Jo jag hörde saker om trafiken innan jag ...

... major no-no in Indian culture - well I suppose in any culture if you've only just met someone) as he told me about how he was sexually frustrated and how he masterbated in his room and wanted to go to Europe to 'experiment' but he was scared as he was inexperienced. Believe me, I wanted the floor to swallow me up at this point and kept reminding him that he was my guide!!!! Against my better judgement, we explored the rest of the sights on his motorbike ...

... dilemma for you!!??) Other than lying in pool of snot and sweat have been eating good food and today started new book and tried my hand at volleyball (though was knackered after 15 mins and coughing up creatures that ra away of their own accord! So Im off to try Tim again now, as was his birthday yesterday. Then try to book at least one days adventure recovered or not...... Not the most interesting blog but then not the most interesting bit of my travels so up yours!

... the football pitch, where my friend Michelle's mum Sheila has a small house. I stayed in her spare room while Cassie and Henry took one of the rooms. It's a special place, thanks to the family atmosphere. It is owned by Rosario and Maria, who built the business up over the years. It is now run by their son and heir apparent KG. His cousins Savio and Johnson work in the restaurant, which doubles as an openair, covered communal area for guests. We ate many of our meals ...

... everywhere. So Adam has been promoted to navigator but let me tell you people he is not very good at that either. A 25km round trip to the main town the other day and we managed to cover about 150km and this was with maps and signs, so now i'm navigator and driver Adam has been sacked. Although we did get caught in the monsoon rains on the way home now these rains are heavy everything floods and you can't see but this make for some fun ...

... of Goa. A Goan born, England raised man of 36, his father was a doctor, who died with a dream of travel at the age of 49. Mike decided not to make the same mistake, and so, with a late-model Citroen wagon with a steel roof rack and turtle-top carrier decided to drive from England to Goa. This is the "hippy trail" that the hippies (most of whom are still here, it would seem) went through in VW buses and motorcycles to reach this part of free India. Palolem was one of the first ...

... unable to do so. Instead we packed up our bags and continued our journey down to the Southern tip of the country. Thankfully this did not involve any overnight trains but instead a relatively pain free early morning bus journey, with the only inconvenience being a change at Margao. Margao had been described to us as a boring place and it probably is, but when we arrived there a Bollywood film crew was filming at the bus station - a novel experience ! We reached Palolem at ...

Hi all my first week has gone really well...everyone is really nice and the apartment is good. have been to the beach 3 times and went out for Chinese (tradition of courser) for my birthday...Oh no 29 now - thats 30 next year.. Work is good, but I had 20 pages of script to learn and have to talk to people for over 2 hours (queen of summary - not sure how Im going ...