Everything since Hampi

Sorry for the delay! We've both been a bit rubbish with the internet so big apologies. Now I'll try to remember everything we've done in the last few weeks...
Hampi was absolutely amazing so it was a real shame to leave but it was just getting too hot and unbearable so we went back to Goa for a few more days of sun and sea and lazing. Decided to go up north this time and headed to Arambol. Two trains, four buses, a motorcycle taxi and a rickshaw later we finally arrived! (the fourth and final bus was probably the best bus I've ever been on! Had to sit in the cab on the gearbox! Tom was stuck in the back with all the thousands of locals they try to cram in...)
We were only planning on staying a couple of days there but it ended up being just over a week, the thought that it might be our last chance to top up our tans made leaving extra hard! We went to Anjuna Flea Market on the Wednesday which was hot and hassley but we got lots of shopping done. Tom did much better than I did, I'm a rubbish shopper if I'm not in the mood (and I definitely wasn't!) But there's only so much tea/spices/pairs of parachute pants/bangles you can see before it just gets boring! That sounded like a moan but it definitely wasn't, Anjuna was lovely. We found a lovely bar by the beach and spent the afternoon there watching the sunset and then watched an amazing band - sitar, flute, didgeridoo, drums. And Anjuna (and Arambol) is where all the aging  hippies that I was expecting to see in Palolem seem to head to. Lots and lots of people definitely not acting their age! Lots of mutton dressed as lamb! But they all seem to be having the absolute time of their lives and I can't say I blame them, Goa would be the perfect place to grow old disgracefully!
We (begrudgingly) said goodbye to Goa and left for a few days in Mumbai to sort out loads of boring bits and pieces. Although I can't say we were sad to say goodbye to some of the Arambol wildlife - snakes in restaurants, a praying mantis climbing up my chair, rats in our room...Anyway, back to Mumbai. Walking up the road past a McDonalds on our first morning prompted a Western day. Best. Day. Ever. Well it wasn't really, but we were so fed up of Mumbai that two McDonalds and a Bollywood movie with popcorn were just what the doctor ordered.
Wow lots and lots has happened since Hampi, I might have to leave the rest for another day. Still to come:
...Jabalpur (the worst city in India?)
...Bandhavgarh National Park (Tiger Mountain)
...Varanasi (the most hassley city in India?)

Stay tuned! (I won't make you wait so long for an update next time I promise)