One day we got some problems with the engine and we ended up stranded in a small village while we were waiting for the service car. Opposite the place where we stopped was a school, and we quickly became very popular among the children. In the race package we got the first day there was, Read More

…… Princley, the organizer, said in his welcome speech the first day, and that is exactly how it is! The driving is completely crazy, a little scary but also absolutely amazing and exciting. But to survive you need to honk as much as you can and to find all the shortcuts between cows, mopeds,, Read More

Our first day in our wonderful flower power rickshaw is over and we have had so much fun. The rickshaw race is not only about driving, it also consists of bonus challenges and we have to do different tasks along the way to gather extra points. It can be about dressing up (yourself and, Read More

Now we have arrived in Chennai and will soon start our great adventure – a rickshaw race where we will drive our own rickshaw around the state of Tamil Nadu. The race is 1000 km long and we will do it together with 10 other teams. Our nice rickshaw is painted in a ā€¯flower, Read More

We often think about the tremendous difference between travelling in India (and everywhere else) today compared to how it was when Christel traveled around the world 28 years ago. What we remember is that things took so much longer time in the good old days, everything from booking a train ticket to keep in, Read More

When  you stay for some time (more than 3 nights) in the same hotel/place it is easy to get and keep up some daily routines. Every morning and evening we have exercised in some way. Christel has done yoga, we have walked or jogged together in the morning and we have taken long and pleasant, Read More

In Palolem you can shop till you drop… There’s so much nice stuff, especially table cloths, wall hangings and bags but also musical instruments, clothes and jewelry. Christel has explored the possibility of sending stuff home to Sweden by mail but realized that the package may not be delivered before Christmas and then we, Read More

We had planned to stay for only one week in Palolem.  Our original plan was to head up to Anjuna beach located in North Goa, where a hippie market takes place several times a week, and stay there for another week. But at the end of the first week in Palolem we did not, Read More

Palolem beach = paradise!!  We do not know if our bad experiences in Majorda reinforced the positive impression of Palolem beach but it really felt like we arrived in a paradise. After a taxi ride for just over an hour (1600 rupees) and a nice welcome at our hotel, Palolem Inn, we put on, Read More