The surf here in Kovalam is very good. Too good in fact to surf or indeed swim with added rip tides to ensure certain drowning.

AT the time of the Varanasi bombings we were as far away from the bombings as it’s possible to be in India – being on the southern tip itself. Both safe and well.

We are in Kerala and having gone down the eastern coast we are now heading up the western coast towards… Goa! So Nicky and Michelle don’t be too surprised if you get a tap on the shoulder from a familiar face or two. But we won’t be there for at least two weeks possibly 4 or even 6.