I head north towards Hampi, while Kathryn goes south. The bus into Hampi was much better than the ride from Vadakanal. Nonetheless it was extremely dirty and bumpy. When I reach Hampi, the bouldering capital of the world, I find a cheap guesthouse and decide to explore the surrounding area while it was still relatively [...]

Kathryn and I catch a night bus from hell to Bangalore. We are in the very back of the bus and the entire journey was rough. After a sleeping in 15 minute intervals until sunrise we arrive at Bangalore. There is not too much special about this city. It is overpopulated, dirty and [...]

There is a ridge about an hour’s hike from our cottage down a rocky path. The ridge is called Dolphin’s Nose because the view point looks like a dolphin’s nose. The view from there is amazing and I usually try to check it out around sunset or sunrise. There is a Swiss girl that lives [...]

There are several families of wild monkeys that live on the path between Vadakanal and Kodakanal. Usually they don’t cause a problem and quickly scatter to the edge of the trail when people walk by. But sometimes if you happen to smile at them and show your teeth and there happens to be a male [...]

We arrive in Vadakanal to be greeted by Aimee who has already found us a cottage to stay at. Vadakanal is well known on the Israeli traveling trail and there are several houses of Israeli travelers that have been here for months at a time. The main drawn of this area [...]

The journey from Munnar to Kodikanal is ridiculously long and arduous. The local bus is completely full and people are cramped in. We are left standing. Most of the Indians get motion sickness from the switchbacks as we work our way up the mountain and puke out the sides of the bus. We [...]

The two weeks of Yoga was great and I got to meet some really cool people. Marci, Aimee, Amy and I head back to Varkala to enjoy some of the things we couldn’t while at the Ashram. Beaches, booze and meat are on our minds. We spend two nights in Varkala relaxing in the sun, [...]

During my stay in Varkala I meet a group of backpackers all coming from a Sivananda Yoga Ashram, which becomes my next destination. The Sivananda Ashram is in a town called Neyer Dam which is near the big city Trivandrum. I catch several buses to get to that town. By the last leg of the [...]