Monthly Archives: January 2005

It was a night of contrasting events yesterday when I firstly went down to the Showroom cinema to see a documentary made locally in Sheffield called “Get Over It”. The blurb said it was about the decline of the mines … Continue reading →

So we staying up in the mountains until late Thursday morning. Wednesday was spent hiring a couple of (ridiculously heavy and one-geared) bikes, which we cycled along the park road to the lake. Amazingly the cars and auto-rickshaws still seem … Continue reading →

So the geezer who took us to the house we are staying in also had a selection of trips to the Wildlife Sanctuary on offer. As it was Sunday the following day we had to decide quickly so he could … Continue reading →

The Backwaters of Kerala are a series of rivers and canals that link hundreds of little villages and towns south of Cochin. A bit like the Norfolk broads I suppose (but hotter and more banana trees and kingfishers flying around)… … Continue reading →

So after the bliss of the beaches which we stayed on until Thursday we decided it was time to head South. So we took a (sort of) overnight train down to Cannanore which is a famous town for therum dancing. … Continue reading →