3 months down! 3 to go!

Hello everyone!!! Sorry its taken so long for us to right a blog! Yikes where does the time go! After a crazy bus ride from Munnar to Bangalore (12hrs) and then another 3 hr bus ride from Bangalore to Mysore which somehow turned into 13hrs!!!! We arrived in Mysore a bit dazed and confused after 30 hrs on a bus in 30 degree heat! We saw the sights in Mysore and 36hrs later found ourselves on another bus to Hampi, ya that bad boy was also 12 hrs!!! Really the things we do!!! We arrived in Hampi and it was BEAUTIFUL! huge mountains of boulders and ancient Hindu temples from 700 years ago! We travelled the river by boat and climbed a mountain to watch the sunset while sipping some chai, and then dodged the killer monkeys all the way down the mountain! We rented scooters and travelled the hillside passing through small villages and having children running after us and waving hello! After 3 days in Hampi we took a night bus, STICKY little bugger! to Goa where the Arabian Sea greeted us with its cool refreshing breeze! We enjoyed Palolem beach in South Goa for a few days and then went up to North Goa to Arambol beach for 3 more days! it was beautiful and relaxing and we pretty much turned into fish to escape the 40 degree heat! From Goa we took a 12 hr train back to Mumbai where we saw the sights got asked to be in a Bollywood movie, and then headed back to the orphanage!!! Its fantastic to be back and to see all the kids again! They remember us!!! which one would hope after a month! but it's still lovely too see!!! In four days our whirlwind of India wraps up and we're heading to Europe to hopefully blitz through and enjoy 17 countries in 3 months!!! We thank you for your continued prayers and support and we look forward to seeing you all in July, my word it's just around the corner!!!

Enjoy springy Victoria and beyond, we've heard its exceptionally nice right now!!!

love Simone and Chelsea!

Hello again!

Chelsea and I arrived in Kerela on March 9th it was a bit of a milk run journey which involved sleeping on the marble floor of Mumbais Airport! But we arrived in one piece! When we left the plane we were hit with humidity it was insane, you could practically swim to the taxi! We found a cheap hotel and then puttered around Fort Cochin it was a very cute town with coconuts and palm trees galore! We washed and rode on elephants, which was very exciting! And went on a backwaters tour through the tropical rainforest it was BEAUTIFUL! we were surrounded by pineapples and bananas and cocoa beans and even a cashew tree! From Cochin we took a taxi up to the hill station of Munnar which is absolutely stunning it's hill after hill of tea plantations. It's lovely and chrisp and fresh and you can watch woman on the hillside collect bundles of delicious tea! We drove to waterfalls and lakes and went on a lovely row boat ride though sadly we didn't get that far! Today we are taking a 14 hr bus ride to Bangalore and then from Bangalore to Mysore so that should be lovely! We are sadly still on the hunt for a tiger and seeing as there are only 1411 left in the wild in India the chances are rather slim, but the search continues!

Have a wonderful day!
See you rather soon I believe in around 115 days, so that should just fly by!
xoxo
Simone and Chelsea

And the days go by

Well it's that time again! Sorry it's taken a bit! We'll give you an update on the last week or so of our lives. On Feb 26th we arrived in a little city called Pushkar in Rajasthan with a population of a mere 30,000 it was a lovely escape from the city life. We arrived a few days before the Hindu Festival of Holi and stayed in a very cute and hippie hostel which was full of bright colours hammocks and folks from across the globe. Chel and I shared a tent on the roof top of the hostel which was lovely and after both getting over travellers (we were a tad sick) we were geared up for Holi!!!! As I said in the last post Holi is this festival where they chuck paint at eachother and chuck they did!!! Chelsea and I were covered in 20 minutes from head to toe! and upon returning to our hostel we found out that they were well... out of water! so.... we shared one bucket between the two of us! Water is a precious gift! From Pushkar we headed to Jaipur where we did a quick blitz of the town in 3 hrs (we are seasoned travellers now!) and from Jaipur to Agra. In Agra we saw the Taj Mahal in all her splendor! Really quite a masterpiece! As well as the fort where the King lived Chelsea and I are celebrities don't you know and spent the afternoon shaking peoples hands having our pictures taken and being asked "from which country do you come?" from Canada of course and proud ot it! We saw factories where they made persian carpets and marble, it was a bit of a scam but interesting none the less! From Agra we took to a train to Veranasi and from Veranasi I write this lovely little post! In the past few days Chel and I have gone on a boat ride in the Ganges and watched a Hindu ceremony at night. We've also witnessed the ghats where they burn the bodies which was quite an eye opener. We have done quite a bit of shopping and today we visited a monkey temple those monkey's are cute but rather dirty! On March 8th we will be flying south to the state of Kerala so travelling mercies for that, and then we will be spending two weeks travelling up the coast and enjoying the lovely beaches and hopefully a break from the heat! Our flights are booked for Amsterdam and we're leaving on the 31st of March which is coming up insanely quickly!

Hope that gives you all a bit of reading material! Enjoy the your cool weather at home as Chelsea and I pant under the incredable sun! Just to give you an idea by 10:30 in the morning its 28 or 29 and by lunch is around 38 and its only getting hotter!

We love you and miss you all!!!
much love Simone and Chelsea!