Category: Travel

  • Tuesday 28 April 2015 Highlights: Tripunithura Hill Palace, boat ride down the backwaters of Kumarakom, photos with the locals. I tried some toast this morning, hopefully this means I’m getting better but I still can barely eat.  I’ve missed several of the included breakfasts so far and my energy levels aren’t great but hopefully that is changing.

  • Monday 27 April 2015 Highlights: Exploring Kochi, Kathakali performance. High humidity (90+) and not eating for 30+ hours does not make for a lot of energy but I still managed to undertake all the included activities for today.

  • Sunday 26 April 2015 Highlights: Kochi Beach with locals showing off! Today was the start of the second part of the Highlights of India tour which is also offered separately as South India – Kerala Dreaming 7 day tour.  To get there this meant being in the hotel lobby at 3.15 am for the trip…

  • Saturday 25 April 2015 Highlights: Final group dinner. With sadness we left Sawarda around 8.30 am for the long trip back to Delhi.  My stomachs was now enough of a problem to qualify as ‘Delhi Belly’ but on the mild side.  Only having a very small breakfast (some corn flakes) and no lunch at all…

  • Friday 24 April 2015 Highlights: Playing cricket with the locals, tractor ride, drinking under the stars. A late start today leaving our hotel at 10.30 am ulitising the hotel facilities one last time before heading to the rural village of Sawarda.  The drive gave me a chance to see more of the countryside as we got deeper into…