India
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Day 89 – Going Mad(ras) for Chennai
Wake up a little tired and sore from the car crash last night, breakfast in the hotel a good mix of continental and Indian buffet – but terrible coffee Checkout, grab Uber to the world’s first solar powered airport – Cochin International Drive past St George Forane church – looking mighty fancy – worth a…
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Day 88 – Fancy a cuppa?
Up and raring to go with a 7am start Down to reception where the hotel have prepared us little packed breakfasts ???? cucumber & tomato sandwiches, cardomom biscuits and fresh watermelon on the menu today We get picked up by our driver and whisked straight to our 135km journey We go past Chambakkara Market –…
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Day 87 – Fort Kochi
Sleep in right through breakfast and lunch – we needed that sleep! Up and out, small walk then a 40p tuktuk to get to French Toast for some mid afternoon brunch and coffee – amazing French toast (classic for Daisy, Bannoffe for Dave) Cheeky pop over the road to The Happy Store where Daisy spotted…
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Day 86 – A long day!
Alarms with 5 in them are never pleasant ???? nevertheless, we are up and get ready to meet our bus at 6:15am So many party-looking buses around on the roads at this hour The one for us comes and we get on with all of our things (our hotel had no one around to check…
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Day 85 – Waving at the Dolphins
Wake up after a pretty terrible night’s sleep – need to change room Late wake up means we just have to get two meals today… win? ???? Wonder along the main road, where there seems to be a bit more life, in search of a cappuccino We spot Coffee House Candolim just down the road…
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Day 84 – Let’s Goa to the beach
Complimentary breakfast for the last time before we pack up and start travelling again Road trip up to north Goa – 2 hours! Checkin to our hotel – feels more like the real India again now – car horns, madness and everything is just a little bit broken Head to the beach, only a few…
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Day 83 – Goa-ing to sea what’s on
Woken up by the sound of the waves, the various animals about the place … and then some Fleetwood Mac coming from the restaurant Make a coffee using some fancy coffee bag/filter things – they attach to the cup, you pour water through and voila, a real coffee! So good drinking it in bed watching…
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Day 82 – Off we Goa
Another good sleep – except the 6am wake up from the temples – we have to head off (though will dearly miss this hotel ????) Breakfast pancakes for daisy To the airport and through security – again stopped because of the berocca! Domestic departures is very snazzy with a lot of shops and restaurants and…
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Day 81 – Two of 22 million
Gentle wake up of phones and other guests ruckus-ing outside our door – one of the best sleeps we’ve had though! Down for breakfast and what a treat Back up to the room to get ready as well as booking our next leg of our journey through India We go down to grab an Uber…
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Day 80 – Murky Mumbai
Early morning again, get up and get going Grab an Uber to the airport Relatively quiet airport and we get tickets one seat apart on the plane ☹️ Through security pretty quickly and grab a bite to eat Fresh veg noodles and mayo-chicken grilled sandwiches, with needed coffees Off to board our plane – very…