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Got back from India on Saturday and we suggested on the flight home maybe a wintery Japan next new years. We're onboard :)

Another thing I forgot to mention - phones and internet. We have Woolies mobile plans and we each used two seven day Asia roaming packs. $9 each pack so bargain $36 to just keep using our own numbers. We were able to receive SMS but not send them. The exception to this is/was the ability to also...

Good luck and thank you. You’ll love it although I'm guessing Mumbai will be a tad busier than anywhere we went to.

I've just had a re-read and noticed that for some reason I called Madurai Manjore, multiple times! Apologies.

more on the way to gate C1 We needn't have rushed. First through secondary security at the departure gate where it was laptops out and nothing else. At main security it has been anything and everything electronic, including cables out in the tray. There was no sign of boarding, just a lot of...

We haven't flown through Changi in many years, long before it turned into what people say is the most beautiful airport in the world. Apparently BLR T2 is the second most beautiful. For us it's still first :) Even the drop off area is beautiful and it just gets better Check-in was an...

My friend S had driven along the boundary of Lalbagh Botanical Garden on the way to his apartment and suggested it as a place to visit, although he did say you could spend a couple of days there. He also mentioned Cubbon Park if it was a park we wanted to see. We mentioned Bengaluru Palace and...

After a magical night's sleep in a super comfy bed, with proper blackout curtains, and double glazed windows, and even with that mirror above our heads, it was finally time to say goodbye to southern India. First we had to sample the breakfast and then fill the day until our 1.30 late checkout...

Here's the first lot of videos that I've uploaded to YouTube. I keep saying I'll do this and finally I am. I've also found there's a daily upload limit so there will be some more links added here over the next couple of days. Flute player at Taj Bangalore Bengaluru Cochin Cultural Centre at...

more of the hotel We had an appointment that night and needed to get a gift. First place I thought was the hotel gift shop but it was just expensive crafts. bAlt rescued me from a potential ill advised purchase there. We then decided tea or sweets and both were at shops 650m up the road. We...

We didn’t have a lot of supplies with us for the five and a half hour journey. Just a starter bottle of water. We needn’t have worried about getting food or water as it was constant from about five minutes out of Chennai station and it just didn’t stop. It was hilarious. Cooked meals in boxes...

Day 13: Chennai to Bengaluru, 08.01 5:00 alarm, way too bloody early to wake-up on this very relaxed holiday, but we had a train to catch at 7:25 and we weren’t going to miss it. Many would wonder why we didn’t fly but this trip was all about experiences and an Indian train was a must. I...

and we're sat in the Sydney J lounge after a 60 minute late departure from BLR and 45 minute late arrival into Sydney. A lovely long connection here so time for a final bubbles, or two. More on the return later. Day 12: Chennai, 07.01 After a fairly rugged night it wasn't looking good for much...

view down to teh street from our room. Fascinating bAlt was dead keen on me getting out and about and I wasn't but eventually I did. There was a waffle shop down on the corener so I went and comforted myself with this red velvet delight as delicioulsy disgusting as it looks Then I thought...

Once the buses left and the dogs stopped barking we slept well in a very nice bed. Down to breakfast and it was like a different hotel. The restaurant was packed. It looks like a group had arrived for a conference. Some people had commented on lack of choice at breakfast but we found a good...

We were practising at our local before we came away and will continue when we get home :)

It is! We have become quite dab hands. It clearly catches some people by surprise when we start eating with our hand, right only of course

Dinner at Grand Continent was quite the experience. I think the staff were literally shocked people walked into the restaurant. Of course no alcohol as the space that has the licence isn't operating. So many things weren't available. bAlt's gut had started to say no to spice so he just wanted...

there's more the butter ball and on to the Light House and the temple beside it sunset over Mahabalipuram and finally to Ramesh's icecream on the cake, Pancha Rathas, the Five Rathas we then stopped at a stone carving studio where a guy showed how he carved some incredible stone...

It was then to here. The site map has it all just incredible. How these caves were cut into the basalt and then refined into detailed temples is unbelievable the beginning Arjuna’s Penance. We've not eevr seen anything like it. When it rains heaviliy wtaer flows down the Ganga and pools...