Day 60 (28th March) Kochi to DelhiThe flight from Kochi to Delhi was unremarkable with Air India providing a good service including a meal, but there was a hilarious incident at Kochi Airport. The Airport…

On the 26th we arrived in Kochi, about hours drive north of Alapuzha on the Malabar coast. Kochi is relatively new compared with other major cities in India, with the Portuguese arriving in 1503 after…

There is not much to see in Varkala apart from the Janardasaswamy temple, dedicated to Vishnu, which is said to be “thousands of years old” and connected with some interesting legends involving Vishnu, Krishna and…

The 22nd was the worst day of the trip. It started well with the taxi coming early and I discovered that the train over the 300 miles to Varkala on the shore of the Indian…

We travelled Executive Class by train for the 7-hour journey over 305 miles to Madurai, still in Tamil Nadu State. The people here are very dark and are more likely to wear local clothing than…

We spent 3 hours in Bhubaneshwar station with a huge number of other people who were mostly lying on their plastic blankets on the floor. Every time the police moved them from the entry and…