2024 – An Indian Winter

Out of our comfort zone… - Abu Dhabi I've said before that we talk frequently about where to go to escape the lovely English winter, then…
What have we done! - Reassembling Tilly Suresh, owner of the best bike shop in the world! Lost its former glory... Kamwaadeswaa Temple Amateurs..!!  We…
Time for a rest! - And we're off.... Having had the chance to experience the traffic in Chennai first hand in multiple tuk tuks, we…
Outshining the Prime Minister…. - Leaving behind the oasis of our beach hotel we headed south on the main road. There's no choice here unless…
Live long and prosper.. - Leaving Pondicherry on a bicycle at rush hour is an activity only Klingons will truly appreciate. Before jumping on to…
Happy People - Sacred Pond Sacred Pond Temple entrance Cerimonial Chariot in Kumbakonam Another Cerimonial Chariot.. Our day off in Kumbakonam saw us…
Monkeying around - Moving on from Thanjavur we decided to take the main road as the small roads added too much distance between…
Ablutions … - Toilet roll! Much of the world doesn't smudge and flush© like us westerners, but use soap and water in the…
About turn… - After an excellent 4 night stop in Madurai we left at 6.20am to get through the city before the madness…
Religious wars - Surprisingly the area around Kanyakumari is Christian and full of churches, big brand new immaculately kept, expensive and very impressive…
Best we stay another night - Varkala Cliff The whole point of coming to Varkala was to walk along the cliff edge restaurants and 'posh tat'…
Man down - I've had trouble with my back all my life. I can pick a pair of socks up and then be…
The Tea Plantations - The town of Munnar isn't much to write home about, but the hills surrounding it are covered in tea plantations.…
Back at the coast - Our final ride to the coast was a short hop from our riverside hotel to our beach hotel - it's…
Idyllic Coasts - Mangrove beach, mini Goa After being told by multiple people, as we headed up the coast, to visit Mini Goa…
Elderly couple - It's not always fun being in the news - The journo who interviewed us recently kindly referred to us as…
And that’s a wrap.. - After our lovely night in 5 star luxury we had another two ferries that may or may not run but…
Better late than never…. - The final installment of our India trip !!... The flooding in Dubai had disrupted numerous flights,  people were waiting for…