Day 29 - 37

Have been extremely lazy so must give a very quick run down of the last few days.

D 29 - 30 Kannur beach house Thottada beach
An idyllic couple of days relaxing in a beautiful lite beach house owned by Nasir and Rosy. Great little find, literally us and a dog on the beach next to a fresh water lagoon. Would have liked to stay a bit longer but had to crack on.

D 31 - 32 Udapi/Malpe
5 hour train to Udapi. This is a town famous for it's temples and thalis. A place of worship for the thousands of Hindu pilgrims who come to see the Shri Krishna shrine/ idol.
We actually stayed in a place called Malpe, again on the beach but unlike Kannur neither idylic or beautiful. The place reminded me of a Butlins camp we stayed in on an under 11's mini rugby tour fir llantwit major rfc. To add to the amusement the hotel was called Paradise Isle!

D 33 - 37 Palolem, Goa
Afternoon Train to Canacona station with a fair few cockroaches for travel buddies. Palolem is in the south of Goa and is at present pretty undeveloped. Still a few left overs from the 60's who came here to find themselves then got lost but in the whole it's a great place to spend a couple of days. Loads of beach huts to choose from for 3 quid a night but Sally preferred something made of bricks so we found ourselves in the capable hands of Goran and Janet. Lovely couple but a few too many synapses fried from a bit of over consumption!

Zero sun for 2 days as we got the backlash from a cyclone in the bay of Bengal. Sun finally appeared on the wed and I took the opportunity to hire a Royal Enfield. great time chugging around on this mobile antique but it def needed a bit of gentle handling to get it started and stay started! On more than one occasion local expertise was required to save us a long walk!


Off to the ancient city of Hampi tomorrow for a couple of days then back down to try Northern Goa.