One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster. khaosan road.

Like in Mandrem, Goa, the girls were happy to run off in search of a cheap and clean place to stay while me and Steve sat on the street with the bags. Soon we were joined by a Thai nutjob. Arguing with herself for well over an hour. We got chatting to an ex pat called Pat. I think he was homeless. He knew the Thai nutjob well and spoke many languages. I saw him around town a few times. Each time after saying hi, I would have to explain why I knew him to the rest of the gang.

Month 5 in Review

Sawatdee Kaa! Greetings from Chiang Mai, Thailand. On Friday we celebrated our 5 month anniversary of travelling so here's a re-cap of weeks 17 - 20. I am a few days late with this but the last month has been pretty hectic, lots of partying and basically having too much fun with new BFF's to be spending time tapping away on the laptop.

Incredibly India - The one with the pub crawl. Mandrem, Goa. The finale

For the title of this post I asked Cat what she thought of the title 'Mo Munnar Mo Problems', she said it was good but we were in Mandrem which is in Goa not Munnar in Kerala! I am forever forgetting where I am. What currency are we on now??

Incredibly India - The one with the prison. Anjuna, Goa

First of all apologies for the lack of posts for so long, there is no excuse apart from we have either been having too much fun or feeling too rough to repeat what we've been up to on the blog.

Incredibly India - Palolem, Goa.

Sat on my beach shack balcony with Catherine and our puppy Harriet. The breeze from the Arabian Sea is a refreshing respite from the heat of the midday sun. I have been watching the tandori chef for the past god knows how long. The perfect naan bread seems to take seconds to cook in the charcoal fired oven. Tandori chicken takes 13 minutes. He also cooks pizzas, they take 7 minutes. They look pretty good. I should go order one.

Month 4 in review

Hellloooo from Palolem Beach, Goa, India. Today we celebrate our 4 month anniversary of travelling so here's a re-cap of weeks 13 - 16.

Incredibly India - Crust on a train

We have been in India about a month now and due to the craziness that is Indian Railways we have only taken short train journeys, the longest being 5 hours. This is really surprising as we expected to be zipping around India on the sleeper trains every few days. Instead we have almost re-enacted the movie Planes, Trains & Auto mobiles but not by choice that's for sure.

Incredibly India - Varkala Part 2

We stayed in Varkala for 12 nights, there hasn't been a post for a while because we weren't up to much special, just lazing on the beach by day and drinking Kingfisher and eating curry at night.

Incredibly India - Varkala

We selected Varkala as it is a coastal town & we have longed for a perfect beach from the beginning. Which is kind of strange as Cat doesn't like sand. She is forever quoting an Arctic Monkeys lyric "My name isn't Rio & I don't care for sand". The beach is almost perfect. The sea & sand is clean the sun is hot. There are few tourists here as the season has not quite started yet. The only things missing are sun beds & umbrellas. The black part of the sand on the Varkala Beach contains Thorium-oxide which is a radioactive substance. I am waiting for an extra limb to grow. Varkala is the only place in southern Kerala where cliffs are found adjacent to the Arabian Sea. Scores of restaurants & shops line the promenade above the beach. The only thing that out number the shops & restaurants are the hawks & eagles which sore above all day. India is the place to be for bird lovers.

Incredibly india - Munnar to Varkala.

The Journey out of Munnar was rough! The bus was beyond full & scathingly hot. The five & half hours did not fly by. We arrived back in Kochi where we were due to depart for Varkala in 4 hours. We decided to seek out some bars. Cat was not allowed in the first bar we found. "No women allowed" What?? Anyway, we found three more each one was better than the last. The train was comfortable thankfully. We enjoyed tea & all of the trains other delicacy's which included banana fritters. Catherine's first & probably last banana fritter. Arrived in Varkala & caught a rickshaw ride to the hotel. The driver starts with the usual "have you made a booking? I know another hotel much better". Very common trick here. As always we say we have booked & insist on being taken to the requested destination. The driver can not find the hotel, so we give him the phone number that we received on the booking confirmation email. He calls it & after some discussion we are told that the hotel is closed & fully booked & we should go to another hotel. Closed & fully booked?? I then spoke to the hotel & asked them to confirm my booking details to ensure I wasn't becoming another victim to the aforementioned scam. The man on the phone confirmed all the correct details & we then reluctantly agree to be dropped off at the new hotel. It was a nice looking hotel for sure. We later learnt that it costs more than double the one we had booked (and of course that was covered by our hotel). Picked up at 10am the following morning by a very apologetic hotel guy. Taken to our hotel. Which we both preferred instantly. WIFI in the room being the obvious advantage. The room is costing £1.54 pppn. How stupidly cheap is that!? I don't think we will ever leave.