Bengaluru (formally Bangalore) provided us with the opportunity to attend a cricket match. The quarter final of the Duleep Trophy between South Zone and Central Zone was in it’s third day when we attended. we were fortunate enough to see Rahul Dravid and Dinesh Karthik score centuries. Typically for such a match the ground was [...]
We had been dreading the long bus journey from Kozhikode to the town of Mysore. It actually turned out to be quite a pleasant six hours with plenty of beautiful scenery to keep us entertained. Mysore was a lovely place to spend a few days. We stayed in the Ritz Hotel – a colonial building [...]
The busy coastal city of Kozhikode (formerly Calicut) was a stop off point to break the long journey from Ernakulam to Mysore. Although there were a few sights of interest we didn’t have the chance to visit any of them as the few spare hours we had we spent trawling around the city in search [...]
We decided against staying in Fort Kochi, opting instead for the ugly ‘modern sister’ Ernakulam. Ernakulam is linked to Fort Kochi by an incredibly cheap ferry service. Whilst waiting for ferries to arrive we would sit and enjoy a cup of chai at the bizarrely named ‘Ken Livingstone Cafe’. Apparently the owner had seen Livinstone [...]
South India is a great place to enjoy a filling, cheap and delicious breakfast. The majority of the dishes are breads and pancakes made from rice flour and served with sambar and coconut chutney into which pieces of the bread are dipped. Here are some of our favourites: Dosa – huge rice flour pancake (even [...]
After seven months traveling on rails, road and water, we finally took to the air for our first flight from Kuala Lumpur to Chennai (formerly Madras) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. We thought we’d seen our fair share share of chaos on the roads as we’d made our way across south east asia [...]
Singapore may well be the best place to pick up cheap eats that we have visited so far on our travels. The tradition of hawker stands and food courts goes right back to the early days of the British settlement when young men flooded into the city from China and India in search of work. [...]
Melaka is the Malaysian tourist boards crown jewel. They have squeezed the maximum tourist potntial from the town and, on the weekend in particular, it is packed with Malaysian in Singaporean tourists. This said it is still a pleasant place to spend a few days. We stayed at the wonderful Kancil guesthouse. This traditional Chinese [...]
Our journey from Ko Mook to Ko Lipe was something to remember. Although we were completely soaked by the time we disembarked the thrilling journey made up for it. After an unpleasant night at a guesthouse on Hat Pattaya we packed up and moved to the friendly Pooh’s. We had managed to escape the grey [...]
Lots of tourists make the journey west of Bangkok to Kanchanaburi to ride the infamous Death Railway. The Thailand-Burma Railway, as it was officially known, was built by allied POWs during the second world war and it is possible to ride the remaining section from Kanchanaburi to Nam Tok. Kanchanaburi, as well as being the [...]
