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Category Archives: India
Scenes from the South – Farewell India
As our time in India has come to an end we have thrown together a few random images from the last couple of weeks in the South. From elephants on the back of trucks, hay bale heads, and other daily … Continue reading
The Last Stop in India – Cochin (Kochi)
Finally we had arrived at our final destination in India – Cochin or Kochi as they call it nowadays. We had curtailed our romantic ideas of heading up into the hills of the high country and its capital Munnar. The … Continue reading
Time for some culture….maybe? Kathakali in Kochi
For the finale of our time in India we bought tickets to the famous Keralan performance of Kathakali. A 12 hour religious ceremony that has been shortened (luckily!) for tourist performances. How we had avoided it so far we will … Continue reading
Cruising the Kerala Backwaters
We tore ourselves away from the beach at Varkala to go exploring the Kerala Backwaters on a houseboat. We got a taxi to Kollam, about an hours drive away, where we met up with our boat and 4 crew (even … Continue reading
Varkala – Life on the Cliff Tops
Although it was only a 20 minute taxi ride and then a very quick 40 minute sprint on the train to Varkala Junction through coconut lined lagoons and backwaters, it was a world away from our previous destination. Perched precariously
Kovalam, Kerala
Another overnight train journey and we wake up in another state of India, this time we have arrived in the far south – Kerala. The journey took us right down to the southern tip of the sub-continent
Pondicherry, Puducherry, Pondy
We landed at Chennai Airport at 3 in the afternoon, and were met by the taxi driver we had booked to take us the 170 km down the coast to Pondicherry, or Puducherry (as its now officially called) or just … Continue reading
Elephant Beach Trek
Today we decided to drag ourselves away from the heavenly beach No 7 to do a bit of jungle trekking (and sweating) and also to see some more accessible sea life. Elephant Beach is on the north coast of Havelock … Continue reading
Havelock Island – Beach No 7 (Radha Nagar Beach)
We saved the best location until last during our stay on Havelock Island, for the last 3 nights we moved across the island
Snorkeling Trip to South Button Island and Tamarind Cove
While we were staying at beach No 3 we thought it would be a good idea to get out and see a few more of the islands and their marine life – or else what was the point of