letter from india

Dear All

It was nice to hear it was snowing,ha ha, we are on the beach again now in Goa soaking up the sun we have a lovely little hut on the beach for 3 pounds a night with en-suite! and clean!!

We have been having a wonderful time travelling about we have been to a place called Madurai and seen these beautiful temples called Sri Meenakshi. covered in riots of colour also got blessed by an elephant there which nearly puts your neck out as he donks you on the head with his trunk.

Then we went to Madras/ Chennai which we didn't really enjoy as we had 24 hour check in and as we had checked in at 6.30 am the previous day meant that we also had to check out at 6.30am not so bad but our train to Bangalore was at 10.30pm, we stowed our packs at the left luggage at the station and wandered round the city went to the beach not the nicest, then sat in a park for about 4 hours.
Being the spectacles of some high amusement of the local kids who kept us entertained, not sure who was entertaining who though.

We stayed in Bangalore for a couple of nights with a couple we had met and hit the nightlife
in Bangalore it was great we went to a really cool rooftop bar that could of been in London and it was full of India's rich and glam young things.
You also had to be rich and glam to afford the drinks so we only stopped for a couple.

We moved onto Hampi which has been the highlight of the tour ruins hundreds of years old, boulders strewn all over the landscape and monkeys everywhere. I will put the photos on line soon.
Bryan hired a motorbike and we rode around all the ruins which was a relief as it was so hot there.
The place was great, though, we stayed across a river next to paddy fields the place didnt even have electricity during the day and was then only on for about 5 hours a night.
So some very romantic candle lit meals.

Then on from Hampi to Goa, I had been dreading this ,moment as i had heard it would be overcrowded with British Louts, but i have been pleasantly surprised, it is a haven a large bay with about 70 bamboo huts and restaurants along the front.
We step right out of our hut onto the beach we are staying in a place called Patnem in Palolem in Southern Goa.

love

julz

Moving around India

Wow Wee the site looks amazing lots of new companies and i love the way the
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I will send this now then send another in a sec.



As i am stuck at the station for 12 hours will tell you in the next mail.
Speak soon love julz n Bry xx

HAPPY NEW YEAR

We have had a great xmas and New Year!
I found myself being asked to DJ at a bar on xmas eve and was billed as a proper dj on their flyers which i was quite impressed with (as i have never done it in my life) as most of my tunes are quite old but i managed to play a few floor fillers!

We have just been to the southern most tip of India to a place called Kanyakumiri for full moon, where 3 seas meet, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Arabian sea, and you can watch the sunrise and the moon set almost at the same time, it was beautiful and there were around 1000 pilgrims watching.

We are now in Trivandrum a hot and dusty city but we are off to Periyar elephant reserve next and also the backwaters of Kerala.

We have met some great people especially Ovre the German Landscape gardener with one of the best handlebar moustaches we have ever seen. Anyway folks we will keep in touch as often as we can.