Gary Barrett's World Tour

STOP THE PRESS!!!! I KNOW I HAVE JUST SENT AN UPDATE BUT BEEN TO SO MANY
AMAZING PLACES SINCE THEN,EVEN THE TRAIN RIDES ARE AMAZING, INDIA IS THE
GREATEST PLACE IN THE WORLD. I HAVENT EVEN GOT NEAR VARANASE YET WHICH WAS
MY GOAL MTHS AGO. THE SOUTH OF INDIA IS MOST BEUTIFUL PLACE I HAVE EVEN
SEEN, GOCARNA WAS AMAZING,JOG FALLS , MYSORE ,UDAIPUR WAS BREATH TAKING,AM
NOW IN JODHPUR JUST BELOW THE MOST AMAZING FORTRESS, THE PEOPLE ARE
AMAZING,THE COLOURS ARE STUNNING,THERE ARE CAMELS ELEPHANTS GOATS
SNAKES.CHIPMONKS, AND THAT IS JUST IN MY BEDROOM,!,THE COLOURS OF THE WOMENS
DRESSES ARE AMAZING,EVERY VILLAGE AND TOWN HAS SUCH AMAZING BUILDINGS AND
TEMPLES,SOME ARE HIDDEN BEHIND DOORS YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW ARE THERE AND
SOMEONE WILL TAP YOU ON THE SHOULDER,GET A KEY AND WHEN THERY OPEN THE DOORS
THERE ARE THE MOST AMAZING TEMPLES IN SILVER AND FANTASTIC COULOURED
GLASS,THEY DONT EVEN WANT MONEY FROM YOU,HAVE JUST STAYED WITH AN INDIA
FAMILY,IT WAS FABULOUS. GLAD TO HEAR YOR ARE BACK ON YOUR TRAVELS, I WILL
SEND YOU SOME AMAZING VIDS AND PICTURES WHEN I GET BACK, FORT COCHIN IN
KEREKA WAS STUNING WITHTHE BIG CHINESE FISHING NETS,THEY LET ME HELP TRAWL
THE FISH IN,YOU HAD TO PULL GIANT ROPES WITH BIG ROCKS ON THEN TO PULL THE
NETS OUT OF THE SEA, ALSO HAVE MOST STUNNING SUNSET PICTURES FROM GOA, THAT
WAS ALSOFAB, ESPECIALLY POLOLEM,WHAT A STUNNING BEACH. IT IS 45 DEGEES HERE
AT THE MOMENT,YOU WOULD LOVE INDIA ,X

SORRY FOR SUCH LONG DELAY,THAILAND WAS AN AMAZING PLACE, PEOPLE WERE AMAZING AND SO FRIENDLY,IT IS CHEAP TO STAY AND EAT,AND TRAVEL IS SO CHEAP.THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF BEST PLACES I HAVE EVER SEEN, BUT GUESS WHAT I LANDED IN SOUTH INDIAN AND WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE PLACE,

I NEVER IMAGINED FOR ONE MOMENT HOW BEUTIFUL INDIA IS, I THOUGH I WOULD BE DIRTY AND SMELLY BY EXCITING, HOW WRONG,IT IS THE LUSHEST PLACE I HAVE EVER SEEN,BANANA AND COCONUT TREES LINE COVER EVERY VILLAGE ,TOWN THE PEOPLE ARE SO FRIENDLY AN LAID BACK IT UNREAL, THE SMALL TOWNS AND VILLAGES HAVNT CHANGED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THERE ARS 800 FT WATERFALLS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

I WENT TO TEA PLANTATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS, SAT WITH THE WOMAN IN THE HILLS AS THEY PICKED THE TEA LEAVES,ATE AND DRANK TEA WITH THEM, THEY CANT EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH , THE SACKS THEY CARRY ON THERE HEADS WEIGHT 50 KILOS, I NEEDED BOTH HADS TO PICK THEM UP, AND YET THEY WALK DOWN MOUNTAINS ON VERY STEEP TERRAIN IN BARE FEET WORKING 10 HRS, THEN GOING HOME TO PICK FRIUT AND PREASPRE THERE FAMILY MEALS,

PEOPLE WORKING IN VILLAGE TILL 1 AM, MECHANICS USING CSANDLES WHILE THEYREPAIR ENGINES ON BROKEN BUSES,BIULDERS STILL LASYING BRICKS,ITS UNREAL, STAYED IN HOLY COASTAL TOWN CALLED VARKALA, PILGRIMS BRING THERE SHES FROM THERE FAMILY TO BE CAST IN THE HOLY WATERS, I SAT ON CLIFF TOPS AND SAT AND WATCHED AS OVER 50 EAGLES HOVER OVER MY HEAD AS THEY CATCH FLIES AN BUGS,DOING ACOBATS ON THE THERMAL WINS, SOME DIVE FROM MASSIVE HEIGHTS AN SWOOP OVER YOUR HEAD COMING AS NEAR AS 3 FET FROM YOU, IT IS AMAZING,

THEN I TRAVELLED THROUGH MOUNTAIN VILLAGES AND THE BUS RIES ARE STUNNING, IT COSTS 60 PENCE FOR A FIVE HR JOURNEY, I HAVE JUST GOT A TRAIN FROM GOKARNA, TO GOA AND IT CAST ME 17 PENCE, IT WAS GREAT, YOU CAN SIT ON STEPS OF OPEN DOORWAYS AND WATCH THE SCENERY AS YOU WHISTLE ALONG, IMAGINE DOING THAT IN ENGLAND, THEY CHILDREN ARE WONDERFUL, ALL VERY POLITE AND ALWAYS COMING UP TO ASK YOU YOUR NAME, WHERE YOU AM FROM, THEN BOW AND SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WOBBLE THERE HEADS AND WALK AWAY.

I HAVE BEEN OWN THE BACKWATERS IN KERELA,WHICH ARE VERY FAMOUS IN INDIA,IT IS CALLED GODS OWN COUNTRY ON THE MAPS,I WAS ONLY NON INDIAN IN THE VILLAGE.HAVE AMAZING FOTOS AND VIDEO FOOTAGE, WAS TAKEN ON 2 DAY TRIP WITH FULL 4 BERTH BAMBOO BOAT TO NYSELF, 5 COURSE MEALS ,AT NITE THERE WAS MOST AMAZING STORM, THE PALM TREES WERE BENDING OVER LIGHTNING CRASHING TO THE GROUND ,THE SKIES GOING PURLPLE AND ORANGE,THE RAIN WAS BEATING DOWN,I CAUGHT IT ON VIDEO,

AFTER 8 MTHS TRAVEL, SAW MY FIRST SNAKE ,LIT UP BY THE LIGHTING AS IT SLITHERED ALONG THE BOAT, THE CAPTAIN PICKED IT UP WITH STICK AND THREW IT ON LAND AS WE WERE MOORED UP FOR THE NIGHT. THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH INDIA IS THAT I SAW THE MOST AMAZING SIGHTS AND WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE,BUT I WAS ONLY FORIENER FOR OVER 12 DAYSBEFORE I MET ANYONE, AT LEAST I CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU LOT.

ONCE I GOT TO GOA I HAVE MET LOADS ON ENGLISH, GOA IS ONE AMAZING PLACE( YOU WOULD NEVER BELIEVE YOU WER IN INDIA IF NOT FOR INDIA PEOPLE BEING THERE,ALMOST LIKE BEING IN GREECE OR SPAIN, BUT WITH STUNNING BEACHES AND UNREAL SUNSETS) WILL SPEND 10 DAYS HERE BEFORE GOING BACK INLAND. HOPE EVERY OK BACK HOME, SE YA SOON, PS HAVNT SENT COPIES OF FOTOS AS THEY ARE SO LOVELY I DONT WANT TO RISK SENDING THEM IN CASE THEY GET LOST,SO WILL WAIT TILL I GET HOME.

having an amazing time up i the north of thailand,have stayed in a village
in the mountains,rode elephants,am staying in a staw bungalow with a polish girl in met in chang mai, we have been travelling together for a bout 1 days,we are going to laos tommorrow.

we hired a scooter for 1.50 pence for 24 hrs, went right up into the moutains, the villagers have such amazing faces and costumes,especailly the kids, some fantastic temples,elephants walking along the road,have great video and pictures to show everybody.

we are in a place called pai,it is a real hippy place,musicians sitting in the village playing didgaridoos and saxaphones and guitars,chinese drums, it brill at nite. food is so cheap,you can get a full curry 1.20 pence. chang mai is also a real cool place full of temples,we stayed in a new hotel with swimming pool,fantastic staff,do anything for you, all for 8 pounds for both of us.

met a crazy scouse have so many side splitting stories to tell you about him, he was on rehab from herione,he had been staying at clouds where robbie williams goes,he had me in stitches. must go love to everyone.