So i've always wanted an Indian head massage and since i was still in the country i figured that i should really get one done here! Our cocohuts had a little ayuervdic (not sure of spelling!) massage centre, so i went to check it out. Outside the door are all the lotions and potions and next to those are all the guys massaging certificates, one in particular stood out, mainly due to the fact that it looked like it was written by a 6 year old! That aside i decided to throw caution to the wind and just book up for [View Full Entry]

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After a 2 and a half hour taxi journey we arrive at our new home for the next couple of days in Goa. We've moved south to Palolem and its completely different to Baga. This place is paradise - what you imagine when you think of Goa! Our accommodation is pretty cool as well, we're staing at the Hi-Tide Cocohuts. Cocohuts to those of you not in the know, are sheds on stilts! No bathroom, just a small room with a matress on the floor and thats it! God knows how they manage to stay up - but when i saw [View Full Entry]

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So i guess you guys were wondering are they ever going to do anything over than sit on the beach in Goa - well the good news is yes we did! Today we went to the capital of Goa Panaji, even caught a public bus there - check us out! The buses are actually ok, no goats on the top weeing down the window as someone told me was the case! Only worrying thing is the door at the back of the bus stays open, so when the bus is full people are literally stood on the outside of the bus! [View Full Entry]

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Well after being here for a couple of days, we actually meet some fellow travellers -i know we nearly couldn't believe it!! So wednesday night is a bit of a big event in Goa - theres a club up in the hills called Club Cobarna and every wednesday they have ladies night - its free for the girls to get in and its free drinks all night - sweeeet!!! So we get a gang of us together and go to the kool bar i mentioned earlier for pre club cocktails. Theres Gemma and Lucy, fellow uni hallers from cardiff uni also [View Full Entry]

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Have arrived down south to GOA after a delightful plane journey - Michelle got stuck next to some goofy Indian lady who took it upon herself to burp throughout the entire flight!!! Disembark the plane, ground temperature 33 degrees - thats right people 33 degrees its hot hot hot over here and its cold cold cold over there!!! mehh!! Get a taxi to our digs, Villa Fatima Beach Resort (we're right behind the beach!) it even has its own pool! And the owner a canadian/indian calle Tony is a LEGEND! He's ace, he's like a dad away from home. He gives [View Full Entry]

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Well we made it all the way back to Jaipur - all on our own - proper travellers now hey!! You may recall - those of you who are avid readers of the blog - a fellow i mentioned by the name of Shrek, you know the smooth talking, ghetto blasting, rickshaw tour guide! Well we gave him a call for our tour and would you believe it he was already showing people round, so we got his prodige Sonu! He was ok, not quite as camp and his rickshaw was 10 years old with no ghetto blaster in the back!! [View Full Entry]

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Well today was our last day in Pushkar and our last day in the company of the French! Although we had our 'last supper' with them the previous evening - a sad affair made hysterical by the fact that 2 japanese/chinese tourists tried to take pictures of us using 3 different cameras and we didn't come out with one decent photo - and i though they were meant to be from technically advanced countries, hell no!! So we had a final lunch with the French today (though we had to bust a grove early as we were going to miss our [View Full Entry]

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Manage to find ourselves an excellent hotel here, its called the Seventh Heaven and it really lives up to its name! The roof top restuarant has amazing sunset views of Pushkar and the mountains and we get to lounge around on swinging seats!!! Anyway Pushkar - its beautiful - probably the nicest place we've been to in India so far. Mum and Tim, i'm sure you'd love it here! Its quieter than most places we've been to and the shopping hehe don't get me started!! Has a slightly hippy feel about it, though don't panic don't think i'll succomb to the [View Full Entry]

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On the trip back from the holy lake we stop in at a silk shop and are introduced to an eldery Indian man who we think goes by the name of Guru Nadar! Anyway he sits us down and gets his entire stock of silk scarves out for us to peruse and somehow he gets into the story of Brahma and the Brahma temple!! The story goes on for a good 30 minutes - only trouble is the Guru doesn't speak the best English, so me and Michelle sit there dumbly, smiling and nodding in all the right places!!! After the [View Full Entry]

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After our meeting with the Guru we decidd to carry on the religious theme and visited our first Sikh Temple in India - this is a place where we had to cover our heads - luckily i'd done a lot of scarf buying today so had an array of scarves to choose from - the hippy in me coming to light!! Anyway you're probably wondering why the John Wayne reference - well we had to make a mad dash after the temple, to prepare ourselves for a sunset camel trek!! Thats right we went a camel riding!! We meet our guides [View Full Entry]

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