Namaste, I do apologise for the tardiness of this latest post; I have truly immersed myself into the culture of Backpackistan and have been a bit too busy at Varkala beach swimming, sunning myself and drinking. I have a lot to cover so will jump right in... I guess the place to start would be where I last left you. After Kumily I wanted to experience the Backwaters; the backwaters being large canal type things that run almost the length of coastal Kerala. The main place to starting place for backwater tours was the town of Allepay. In order to reach the town I had to take the local ferry from Kottayam, a rather big dirty typically Modern Indian town. The local ferry was a brilliant way to see the back waters and I chose the ... read more

Evening all from a chilly Munnar, Lets dive right into this one no messing around... The morning after writing the last entry I left the humid shores of Fort Cochin with visions of the green hills of the Western Ghats floating around my head. As there is no railway line to Munnar I had to take the bus; so off I trogged to the bus stop. Whilst waiting for the bus I got chatting to a very happy go lucky, slightly eccentric and mad but brilliantly interesting Austrian bloke called Harry who would turn out to be my mate in Munnar for a few days. I got the impression he was a bit mad because he talked a lot about beer (got me interested) and just generally expelled a mad sort of aura... and in the ... read more

Hello all and a very merry (if belated) Christmas to you all, Sorry for the lateness of this blog; I have been inundated (mainly by my mother) for a requests of a new entry for a while. The tardiness however has been caused by the arrival of my old man; who in true Bloodworth fashion has had me walking everywhere, exploring everything and generally not stopping. I therefore have not had the time (even a spare half an hour) to let you lovely people (who need something to read while you are wrapped up warm with a blizzard outside) know what I have been up to on my ever continuing travels. So to start things off I think I will tell you all about the arrival of my father and all of the exciting things we ... read more

Afternoon all, Well it's been an interesting few days; in which I have managed to cover a huge part of the country on some long and boring train journeys. During my last day in Varanasi i decided to have a peek at the Hindu University; the university itself was actually fairly standard, the exciting part came when the cycle rickshaw driver let me have a go. All was going well until the guy I was hanging around with decided to take a photo; this led to the inevitable stupid pose at the camera which unfortunately also led to me veering off the road and almost crashing into a fence (pictures to follow!) Moving swiftly on... Following on from Varanasi I decided to visit the town of Bodhgaya which is where the Buddha achieved enlightenment. Subsequnetly the ... read more

Namaste, Well it's been a while since my last post; mainly because I have been having too much fun in Rishikesh, but now I am back in smelly Delhi on the way to Varansi I thought I would have a bit of a write. A lot of fun and interesting things have happened in my ten days in Rishikesh (told you it would be hard to leave). As you may or may not know Rishikesh (or more precisely laxmanjula) is situated on the river Ganges just as its leaving the foothills of the Himalayas and making its long journey into the bay of Bengal. The river at the point of Laxmanjula is fairly fast flowing and give rise to plenty of opportunities for watersports. Now being the adventurous fellow that I am I managed to persuade ... read more