An Alien in Spain - Visits India (Mumbai)
The flight from Goa to Mumbai via Jet Air took a little over an hour and I was soon on my way in a prepaid taxi to a hostel I had plumped...
An Alien In Spain
I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list
An Independent Financial Adviser Divorced / retired early who set about travelling to see all the sights the world has in store for me that I missed bringing up a family. Now based on The Costa Blanca Spain, travelling with a backpack and passing on my insights into places I visit with tips for travellers in my footsteps.
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An Alien in Spain - Visits India (Goa South)
The overnight train from Ernakulam was scheduled to depart at 9.30 pm and to be fair it was in the station, however, it needed to be...
An Alien in Spain - Visits India (Fort Kochi)
During the train journey it transpired that Dev had booked apartment accommodation in Fort Kochi which had adequate room for two so we...
An Alien in Spain - Visits India (Alappuzha or Alleppey)
Alappuzha as it is known by locals or Alleppey by non natives lies about 80 Kms north of Kovalam and can be reached easily in a couple of...
An Alien in Spain - Visits India (Trivandrum & Kovalam)
The 8 am bus arrived at 7.30, it finally left at 8.40 am for my next destination,Trivandrum, and the conductor put me and my backpack at...
An Alien in Spain - Visits India (Kanyakumari)
The only civilised way to travel from Rameshwaram to Kanyakamari is by Uber or Ole car Taxi which cost 5500 Rupees, but instead I stood...
An Alien in Spain - Visits India (Rameshwaram)
It is strange how when your travelling alone, one minute your heading for a well known destination on a map and the next you have spoken...
An Alien in Spain - Visits India (Madurai)
Ironically on the journey from Chennai to Madurai the train was clean and comfortable and the first train I had travelled on that left on...
An Alien in Spain - Visits India (Chennai)
After sharing a cab to the airport in the pouring rain Denise set off for Delhi and her onward flight back to the United States and I did...
An Alien in Spain - Visits India (Kolkata)
We were warned to allow 3-4 hours to get from Darjeeling to the airport at Bagdogra and so we were picked up by a big old Jeep and driver...
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