Category: India

Photo Essay: Streets of Fort Cochin

Fort Cochin is a small, historical region in the region of Cochin (also spelt Kochi) in Kerala. It was one of the first European townships in India, first drawing traders over 600 years ago. As a result of those first visitors, the area has an incredible array of infrastructure and architecture – from Chinese fishing nets, Portuguese synagogues, and British… Read more →

Six Months on the Road

Half a year… say what?! It’s absolute madness to think we’ve been away now for half a year. It feels like just yesterday that we left for our flight to Sumatra and here we are six months later, in a little fishing town on the coast of Kerala in India. The last month of travel has been full on. Whilst… Read more →

Munnar – Trekking through Tea Plantations

Munnar (pronounced ‘Moon-are’) is a hill station located 1600 metres above sea level in the Western Ghats range of mountains in Kerala, India. It’s also Southern India’s largest tea-growing region – with over 50 000 hectares of its hilly terrain covered in tea plantations. Munnar was not part of our original plans for India – in fact, we hadn’t even… Read more →

Cruising Kerala’s Backwaters

After a month travelling India’s hectic north, one of the activities we were most looking forward to in Kerala, one of it’s southern states, was exploring its beautiful backwaters – waterways and canals that sprawl for over 900 kilometres. One of the most popular ways to enjoy the backwaters is to rent a houseboat. With our hearts set on this… Read more →

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