So much has happened since Goa it'll be tough to get it onto paper, but here goes! Spent a few days checking out the amazing sights of the ruined city of Vijayanagar in Hampi - never thought boulders could be so interesting! From there we travelled to Mangalore which was pretty so-so to be honest, but provided a welcome break from the road for a night (plus the hotel we stayed in had a TV which was a first!)
(View of Hampi)
Next stop, Kalpetta in Kerala state and a breathtaking bus ride through narrow roads with Kerala's tea and coffee plantations on either side - by far the best views so far; greener than Ireland and fab weather to boot, who could ask for more!! From here we visited the Wayanard Wildlife Sanctuary and got a fright from a couple of angry elephants who didn't appreciate us and our binoculars! But exciting and adrenalin-packed nonetheless. (Note to self: next time we do a 5k trek, avoid wearing flip flops!). The next day we took a jeep ride with 2 fellow travellers, Cedric and Marica from Paris, around the sights of Kalpetta - have a look at the photos of what we saw.
(Tea plantation in Kalpetta)
After all that excitement, we decided a bit of 'downtime' was in order and so off we went to Alleppey (about 8 hrs by bus from Kalpetta) and got ourselves a houseboat for the night, complete with our own chef and captain! The backwaters of Kerala are well worth a visit as they are so tranquil and sleepy its hard not to relax here (but the gins n' tonic smuggled on board also helped!).
Another first while we were in Kerala - Marty purchased a skirt!! Or to give it its correct name, a mundu. Its keeping him nice n' fresh in the hot weather conditions!!
Right now we're continuing the chilled vibe and are staying at Varkala beach, which is en route to our ultimate goal of reaching the very tip of India at Kanyakumani. From there its onwards and upwards to Pondicherry in Tamil Nadu and from there we hope to fly from Chennai to Kathmandu and spent a couple of weeks in Nepal.
(Dinner on Varkala beach)
More to follow... xox
5 comments:
yo yo yo boges!!!! looks like yous are having a great time...certainly looks amazing...hope all is super and that yous are well...same shit here so yous are v lucky to be away...only got my computer working again there so have been offline..but hay o...ken dogg
I'm a rocket man....
still hung over, gettin a KFC zinger box meal with gravy. Northern bhoys love gravy
Following your travels with great interest, go for it baby!
Going to the Down v Cavan replay today, Packie is playing.
Good luck from Sars and Jennifer!
hi n stuff!!
Photots are all class reminding me of last year so much, defo want house boat with chef!! Down won today, Packie played class, monaghan next on the 10th of june!! Eaaasssy
Lovin the blog..
Anna xxx
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