http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Fi-Stevens/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Fi Stevens en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:40:19 +0000 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:40:19 +0000 OK. I have lost impetus on this blog. I'm not in India anymore. I thought I could keep writing it in retrospect but its really hard I have lots to add to the following I have hand written notes and everything... and I may update this over the weekend but people have been asking for the next chapter and the quickest way to give it is to plagiarise. And quite frankly although it's not the same w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Mumbai/blog-51436.html Have just landed back in sort of civilisation Mysore after the 4 days in Cochin and then 3 days in the middle of nowhere near a wildlife sanctuary Tholpetty in the Wayanad area of Kerala. The drive up was outrageous. 7 hours flew by kind of no stopping no eating a bit of sleeping for me. Maddest driver in the country quite a claim with overtaking on hairpin bends at steep gradient a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Tholpetty-Wildlife-Sanctuary/blog-48521.html The flight from Mumbai to CochinKochi in central Kerala is fine and uneventful. The arrival in Cochin is like hitting a hot wet wall of air punctuated by mosquitos. Its humid.The Fort House hotel in Fort Cochin looks a little ramshackle as we arrive very hot and a little terrified by the driving which rivals Mumbai's efforts and some of the towns we've been through. Our first thoughts are for http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Kochi-/blog-48523.html First impressions on landing in India were probably the same as most people report... hot humid chaotic dusty and dirty a bit scary and a little bit mad. Going into a little more detail however...The hardest thing about that arrival though is that the route from the airport to South Mumbai takes in the worst slum areas of the city and therefore the country. It's pretty confronting. Lean http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Mumbai/blog-46445.html