Jungle fun

Up at 5am this morning - trekked in Periyar Tiger reserve. Saw no tigers or elephants but had a lovely time anyway. Went boating, saw waterfall. Came back to Kumily. Ate yummy food. Now too tired to blog. Night.....

The South

Check this out - two days in a row! Just enjoyed a delicious breakfast of french toast, pineapple, papaya, banana and watermelon in a very cool little cafe here in Cochin. The whole area is pretty "hip". Down with the phat funky beat you might say.
Kerala has a freely elected Communist government and it has the highest literacy rates in the country. Having been a colony of Portugal, it has a much more European feel to it and we can pronounce the street names which is always a good thing. Yesterday when we were having a bite to eat it the divine Teapot, we could hear the children in the school across the road singing "I the Lord of sea and sky..." - this should give you some indication of just how different the North and South are :) (Though seeing as we didn't post one blog from the North is not necessarily the case).
Liz and Julie tested out their fishing skills with the locals here - hopr to post some pictures of same soon :)

Apologies

Apologies apologies for our shoddy attempt at blogging!! A number of factors have played a part in possibly the most uneventful blog of all time but they are quite boring and India is not so I shall tell you a little about that instead.
First stop Delhi - mental. They drive like lunatics but that is in no way confined to the capital. Needed a guide to take us to see the sights as it's too dangerous for three gormless Irish girls to manage it. Inevitably the guides will take you to places where they will receive some form of commission but for the most part this hasn't been too much of a problem.
Onto Agra and the Taj Mahal - so beautiful, but have since learned that the Sha Jahan guy who built it later cut off the hands of the people who worked on it so that they could never create another building like it. Still did the Lady Di thing on the bench though. Think some of my buring flesh might still be stuck to that bench. Nice...
Onto Jaipur - beautiful city and the highlight of our time in the North. Look it up - I'm some blogger eh?
Then Ajmer and Pushkar which is a "verrry holy place" - a pilgrimage site for Hindus. No meat, alcohol, drugs or public displays of affection are permitted. Needless to say it didn't score too high...
Took the overnight train to Mumbai (Jai Ho!) where we flew to Cochin in Kerala. Complete change of scenery and a welcome one too. Although the sight seeing was fantastic we're looking forward to some boat trips and pints now! Next stop Periyar animal reserve - Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!! And then Goa - hell yeah!
Hopefully will update this again before I get back to Ireland or this whole process will have been effectively redundant :)