Guide to discovering Kerala Backwaters, India… 3 days in Alleppey {part 2} Kainakari Island and Marari Beach. On the second day in Alleppey, Juan and I went out on Vembanad Lagoon catching a public ferry to Kainakari, a small peaceful island which could only be reached by boat until recently…
Discover the South Indian Kerala Backwaters – 3 day guide to Alleppey – Vembanad lagoon. Alleppey is a canal town in the middle of the Kerala backwaters beside Vembanad lagoon one of the largest freshwater lakes in India. This is where the majority of the exclusive backwater cruises depart from. Chartering a…
Munroe Island – 2 days discovering a legendary paradise in Kerala Backwaters, India. There’s a secluded island hidden somewhere in the South Indian Kerala backwaters…travellers talk about a perfect tropical inland island but no one knows the name or location. Intrigued by the legend, I investigated and actually went there myself, to…
Cyclone in Kovalam and Vizhinjam Fishing Village. Continuing our 2 week guide to Kerala. It started raining and the sea got rough… the forecast was worse up and down the coast and the bad weather was set to stay for several days. I planned to stay in Kovalam for two days and…
Kovalam Lighthouse Beach, South India. Continuing our 2 week guide to Kerala. Kovalam’s Lighthouse Beach is one of the most photographed scenes in Kerala, a crescent shaped bay of white sands speckled by black mineral powder with the landmark red and white old lighthouse beaconing from the rocks at the far…
1 day guide to discover India’s southern city of Trivandrum in Kerala. We caught the night sleeper train from Goa to Kerala, right down to Trivandrum near the tip of Southern India… Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala, commonly shortened to Trivandrum as it was named when the colonials ruled the…
Captivated by South Goa’s extraordinary beaches, we chilled in Benaulim for 1 week. A quiet coastal resort by the Indian Ocean, its beach cows and large Kingfisher beers are legend.
A useful guide for a short visit, our 2 days in Mumbai itinerary highlights the best places to see and what to do in this vibrant city on India’s west coast.
1-day visit to Ellora Cave Temples – our guide to one of the most extraordinary sites in India and how to get there! Juan and I caught an early morning bus from Udaipur to a place called Ahmedabad, watching a rural India of cotton fields and sugar cane plantations pass by, en…
Udaipur ‘Lake City’ in India – what to see in a 2 day visit to the stunning lakeside city of Udaipur in Rajasthan. I planned to get an overnight train from Jodhpur travelling south through Rajasthan province to Udaipur but there wasn’t a rail connection. However, the sleeper bus was really comfortable and a convenient alternative, quite luxurious really…
