Bollywood Sea Queen Beach Resort 3*

LOWS.

1) Goa. Instant package holiday hell, complete with "Bob and Brenda" from

Hull thinking it's ok to spend 50 quid on a day trip that will cost any

backpacker about 2! Fools! Sorry, I will now step down from my travel soap

box.

2) Trying to arrange transport anywhere. Just as bad as China only more

paperwork.

3) Spending a night in Panaji fighting off the artful attacks of an army of

bastard bedbugs, and then itching like a mad thing for a week later. Not

nice!

HIGHS.

1) Traffic. The roads in some towns here seem to be a nutty mix of cars,

trucks, autorickshaws, bikes, motorbikes and scooters not to mention the

donkeys, camels, snuffling pigs, goats and of course, the odd sacred cow.

Just attempting to cross some streets is like something from the Krypton

Factor.

2) Spending a night in 1st class on a train from Ahmedabad to Udiapur and

finding the price of the ticket included my very own armed soldier!

3) Unexpectedly staying with a family in Tamil Nadu. I was sat on a bus and

the man next to me had cut his knee badly whilst in the middle of the scrum

to get on the bus.