Update!

So Im finally getting around to doing another update. Illl start with North India. We (and by "we" I mean the tour group I was with) went all over the place. So Ill just select some of my favourite places. We started out in Dehli, and as you know I wasnt impressed, I kind of hated India then. So I was happy that we where leaving for Jaisalmer on a 20 hour nighttrain. A 20 hour nighttrain might soudn bad, but wasnt actuall that bad. You sleep(well try to sleep at least) for all the night, and the rest of the time we spent geting to know the peple on our group. Jaisalmer was really nice, that was the India I thought I was going to see. Its a desert city, also called the golden city. In alot of the cities in the north there are forts, and this is the only one where "the common people" still live and work. Its almost like a city within a city. With rooftop cafes overlooking the whole city. We also went on a camel safari in the desert. I thought we were going to sleep under the stars or in small tents, but we were taken out to this place with load of big tents, the tens had proper beds and tiled bathrooms, with a "western style" toilet and a shower. That was not what I expected, but still good. In the evening we went out in the desert on a camel safari, and we even got to race the camels. But even way out in the desert there were beggars and people trying to sell us stuff. Amazing sunset though.

After this we went on to Jodhpur and then on to Udaipur. Udaipur has amazing palaces buildt in a lake in the middle of the city. They are white palaces and look like something out of a fairytale. Search for Udaipur and lake palace on Google. This is also the city where the James Bond movie Octopussy was shot. By this time Im getting used to India, and the traffic and the chaos doesnt seem so bad anymore. The pollution is still difficult to deal with though.

More on North India later. At the moment Im in Kochi in Kerala South India. South India is so different from the north, its almost like a different country. Its warm, theres a gentle breeze coming in from the sea, people are more friendly.

I started by spending a few days in Varkala, which is a quiet beach town south in Kerala. A bit touristy, but a nice place to warm up after the cold of the north. Varkala has a high cliff overlooking a beach. On top of the cliff are all the guesthouses and many restaurants, Its a place where days can turn into weeks and months. After Varkala I took the train up to Allepey. Allepey has loads of canals called "the Backwaters" These are canals sretching on for miles, all surrounded by beautifuel palmtrees, and small villages. In my guesthouse I met a guy from New Zealand who speaks three Indian languages, so he got us a good deal on a boat for a few hours travelling trough the canals. It was amazingly beautifuel, and I highly recommend it to anyone who ever comes to Kerala. A bit o a downer about Aleppey was the dead rat in my room, but I think these are the things you have to excpect in India and I did ge a discont on my room. Me and the guy from New Zealand has joined forces and are now spending a few days in Kochi, before we tomorrow leave on the night train to Ooty. Ooty is a hill station, basically a village in the mountains where they grow tea and spices. He owns a tea plantation there which we are going to take a look at, before movng on to an elefant sanctuary, where I might be able to ride an elefant. Good times.