What a jam-packed seventh month on the road we’ve had! I honestly couldn’t even remember where we were a month ago until I looked back through our previous blogs. The days and weeks all merge into one when you travel long term… Month number seven started with a delayed flight from Kochin in Kerala to Bangalore, before jumping on an… Read more →
Before we arrived in India over two months ago, I wrote about our excitement and reservations about travelling to one of the world’s most populated countries. I can say now, that in that post, I was being polite – Mike and I were actually shitting ourselves at the thought of seven weeks in India. After the first few days in… Read more →
India is a huge country. HUGE. There is so much to see – but just as important as deciding WHERE to go, is HOW to get there. You can get from A to B right through to Z in India by pretty much every mode of transport. What will greatly influence your transport choices is both time and cost. We’ve… Read more →
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 →
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 (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 →
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 →
With a civilisation over 5000 years old, India is home to an unfathomable amount of incredible history in the form of ancient architecture. Spectacular ruins of ancient cities. Forts, palaces and gardens built by the maharajas of old. Opulent tombs, the final resting place of the deceased. Temples and shrines and mosques for the Hindu, Muslim and Sikh faiths. During… Read more →
A few days ago we shared with you our experience of heading out on a camel safari in India’s Thar Desert – an activity we were looking forward to in our travels through India – and how very disappointed we were. It did not live up to our expectations in any way – you can read our original summary here.… Read more →
The close second on our Indian bucket list after visiting the Taj Mahal was a camel safari into the desert. Sand dunes stretching as far as the eye could see. Riding camels in the middle of nowhere, nothing but us and a guide. Watching the sun set, colours of orange, pink and purple filling both the sky and the silence.… Read more →
