http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/chrissieandmatt/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from chrissieandmatt en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:53:15 +0000 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:53:15 +0000 Oops just realised I published Kerala and forgot to finish this one This belongs between Goa and Kerala.It's not easy to leave an idyllic beach so it was with our bottom lips poking out a little that we headed into the state of Karnataka and towards Hampi. By the middle of the afternoon we were happy again realising that we had swapped paradise for paradise. The village of Hampi sits in a bould http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/blog-396719.html Right it's been ages since we did one of these and we're home in a couple of weeks so not sure it's worth it anymore. That said Chrissie's got a bad head and is snoozing and I'm bored so here goes.Kerala is the state at the very south of India and despite it getting even hotter we read that it got to 120F we had a lovely time there. We headed straight for Kochi the capital which is large http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-401888.html After Chrissie's few days of sickness and the accompanying requirement to stay in the hotel room it felt fantastic to get to Goa with its beaches and wide open spaces. We spent 8 days in Goa but for 6 of these we to all intents and purposes did exactly the same thing relaxed at the beach. India is so hot busy and hectic that it was wonderful to get to a couple of beach resorts and just ki http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Arambol/blog-393734.html Having completed our circuit of Rajasthan we headed off to the state of Uttar Pradesh deep in the interior of India. Although the states share a border they are vast and our journey covered several thousand kms using bus and train and took 23 hours. The part on the bus was very hot as it was through the day but we were encouraged by the knowledge that our connecting overnight train was going to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Varanasi/blog-393732.html Jodhpur not just crap trousers but a splendid city too The lsquoblue cityrsquo unlike Jaipur it is actually the colour itrsquos supposed to be sits deep in the desert in Rajasthan and is hot and dry so we were over the moon wersquod picked a guesthouse that meant we had to climb up an enormous hill. On arrival the climb was worth it as from the rooftop restaurant the view of the blu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jodhpur/blog-387860.html Leaving hassle filled Agra behind us we got a bus for about 6 hours to Jaipur the Pink City. It is known as the pink city as a huge section of it is painted pink clever name although itrsquos more a peachy orange colour not such a clever name then after all. Itrsquos the capital of Rajasthan and has about 2.6 million residents but feels remarkably calmer than Agra despite its size. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jaipur/blog-387847.html Morning and welcome to our shiny and spanking new blog.South America was just like soooo last year that we felt we needed a fresh blog for our new travels. This season's in thing is India I hear it's a quiet little place with a pleasant cool climate and barely a spot of dust in sight.Okay enough silliness we left Bexleyheath on a warm afternoon and headed to the airport. The flight was passabl http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/Delhi/blog-383606.html