Guide to Kerala Backwater in South India – 2 days in Kochi. Continuing our travels through Kerala, Juan and I caught the morning train to Ernakulam south station. From here it’s a tuk-tuk ride away to Kochi or Fort Cochin, the colonial name of this historical island town in Kerala…
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…
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…
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…
Discovering Jodhpur, India’s Blue City – What to see if you are staying for 2 days Jodhpur Rajasthan. The train journey from Jaipur to Jodhpur was uneventful, only a slight hitch in the morning as we found the night receptionist asleep with a very loud cock-a-doodle-doo alarm on his phone going…
