Gokarna

Before our 12-hour train ride from Kochin to Gokarna, we dived into the Jayalakshmi silk emporium in Ernakulam to find some more sarees for JP’s mum. Hundreds of smiley, orange saree-clad shop girls… Continue reading →

Kerala

A pandemonium of car horns, berserk drivers, HEAT…in capitals as words to describe it fail me … snapped us out of our beachy Goan haze and swept us through Ernakulam’s fumey traffic from… Continue reading →

Goa

March brought a whirlwind four days in England, hugging family, dining like kings, wrapping up warm and suddenly we’re standing on Ashwem Beach in faraway India, watching this sunny ice-cream seller cycle by.… Continue reading →

Saturday’s shawarma

Today we greeted the return of the Falcon. JP’s red motorbike has been off sick since the accident on 1st December. We missed her enormously. To celebrate, we took her over to Medio… Continue reading →