December 2013
Place Date Weather Activities
Mumbai Sunday, 01.12.2013 32°C Four hotel bookings in five hours!
Mumbai Monday, 02.12.2013 32°C Local train and auto rickshaw drive to Golden Pagoda.
Mumbai Tuesday, 03.12.2013 32°C Dirty Chowpatty Beach. Hanging Garden at Malabar Hill.
Mumbai -
Aurangabad
Wednesday, 04.12.2013 32°C First train ride in India.
Aurangabad Thursday, 05.12.2013 29°C Relaxing day. Internet. Bookings.
Aurangabad Friday, 06.12.2013 28°C Death-defying taxi ride to the Ajanta Caves. Monkey attack.
Aurangabad Saturday, 07.12.2013 28°C Day trip to the Ellora Caves, a silk factory, Bibi-Ka-Maqbara - the Mini Taj Mahal and Panchakki - a 17th Century water mill.
Aurangabad -
Warangal
Sunday, 08.12.2013 28°C 15 hour train journey overnight to Warangal.
Warangal Monday, 09.12.2013 26°C Room service brings super large portions. Bundesliga and Premier League live in India!
Warangal Tuesday, 10.12.2013 26° Disappointing Thousand Pillar Temple. Helen's Rickshaw ride through Warangal. Bhadrakali Temple.
Warangal Wednesday, 11.12.2013 29°C Impressive stone monuments at Warangal Fort.
Warangal Thursday, 12.12.2013 29°C Relaxing day.
Warangal -
Hyderabad
Friday, 13.12.2013 31°C Train to Hyderabad. Yucky hotel room. No toilet paper!
Hyderabad Saturday, 14.12.2013 29°C Qutub Shah tombs. Golconda Fort.
Hyderabad -
Hospet
Sunday, 15.12.2013 30°C Charminar in Hyderabad. 9 hour overnight train to Hospet.
Hospet -
Hampi
Monday, 16.12.2013 26°C Sunset from Hemakuta hill next to Virupaksha Temple.
Hampi Tuesday, 17.12.2013 28°C Royal Circle temples. Detour turns into torture.
Hampi Wednesday, 18.12.2013 30°C Lakshmi the temple elephant has her bath in the river. Vitthala Temple. Royal elephant stables.
Hampi Thursday, 19.12.2013 30°C Boat trip across the river. Phalapuja Festival at the Virupaksha Temple.
Hampi -
Hospet
Friday, 20.12.2013 30°C Day trip to Pattadakal, Aihole and Badami.
Hospet -
Agonda Beach, Goa
Saturday, 21.12.2013 30°C Train to Madgaon (Goa). Sami's Beach huts - excellent choice at Agonda Beach. Dinner with Jenny and Gabriel.
Agonda Beach, Goa Sunday, 22.12.2013 33°C Relaxing.
Agonda Beach, Goa Monday, 23.12.2013 33°C Relaxing. Dinner with Angie.
Agonda Beach, Goa Tuesday, 24.12.2013 33°C Power cut. Xmas calls.
Agonda Beach, Goa Wednesday, 25.12.2013 33°C Relaxing. Beach walk. Xmas dinner at La Dolce Vita Restaurant.
Agonda Beach, Goa Thursday, 26.12.2013 33°C Washing day.
Agonda Beach, Goa Friday, 27.12.2013 33°C We book our Starfish Myanmar Tour.
Agonda Beach, Goa Saturday, 28.12.2013 33°C Flight bookings to Myanmar.
Agonda Beach, Goa -
Delhi
Sunday, 29.12.2013 33°C Flight to Delhi.
Delhi Monday, 30.12.2013 20°C Metro in Delhi. Interesting offer for a car and driver tour through Rajasthan. Connaught Place.
Delhi Tuesday, 31.12.2013 19°C Visa application at the Myanmar Embassy in Delhi. Mr Davindra Singh's fast ride to the next bank. Obnoxious waiter at the Kathmandu Restaurant.