Southern Indiahhh: Photos 21 to 33

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I wrote most of this blog before we became aware of the devastation caused by the recent Tsunami which is why there's little reference to it. It’s been particularly shocking for us as many of the destinations of our trip so far have been severely affected. We've heard back from some people we met in southern Sri Lanka who are safe and well but fear the worst for the many guest house people that we've met on the way.
We’re probably far less aware of the extent of the tragedy since travelling through India it’s very easy to lose touch with world news.
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Plane, trains, and automobiles...coaches, buses, boat, motorbike, bicycles, rickshaws, floating bamboo basket; we have needed them all to travel the vastness that is India but have as yet only covered a minute proportion of it!

In less than a month we have made our way up the west coast, from Kovalam in Kerala, through Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra and are now in Gujarat; having celebrated Christmas in Mumbai and New Year in a converted palace on the northern border between Gujarat and Rajasthan.

We spent our now customary 5-day seaside acclimatisation in

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