Your foreign correspondents report in

Hi everyone, George & Yorkie here. Sorry we've been off-line for a few days but our holiday is proving to be quite an adventure and our travels so far have taken us well off the tourist trail and we have now been several days without a sighting of an internet cafe. In fact we're only able to report in now thanks to a kindly rubber plantation owner, whose house we're staying in, who has allowed us to use his computer. We can't post any photos today though as this home PC hasn't got the right connections, but don't worry we have been taking lots of photos so you will have something to see soon.

Anyway, where are we? We'll give you 3 clues: curry, bananas and rupees. Yes, we are in southern India where we are enjoying a cycle tour of Kerala. Over the last week we have pedalled away furiously in 35 degree sunshine and had lots of adventures which we can't wait to describe to you when we can post the accompanying photos. We've been elephant riding, temple visiting, boating on the backwaters, rubber tapping and today we even had a chat with a maharajah in his palace. It is all very exotic and we think it's wonderful.

Hope to be able to tell you more soon.

Love from a very bronzed & sore bottomed George & Yorkie xxx