As you drive into the picturesque city of Alleppey complete with canals, backwaters, beaches and lagoons, there is a certain energy and a ‘feeling of being one with nature’ that comes to you. Situated at a distance of 62 km south of Kochi, Alleppey is a popular tourist destination during the monsoon season. The day [...]
Kerala Houseboat
Divided in 28 states, India is massive, and traveling the country presents a wealth of cultural experiences so diverse it’s like visiting 10 different places in one. Certainly it takes a few visits, or one very long one, to make your way through the ornate forts and palaces of Northern Rajasthan, luxuriously tented Ranthambore tiger [...]
WE are disembarking the cruise ship Seabourn Odyssey at Kochi on India’s southwest coast. At the foot of the gangway, immigration and port officials, all crisp shirts and clipboards, do final checks of the copies of our passports, of our leave tickets and stateroom passes and, finally, convinced we are who we claim to be, [...]
1. Wake upto the world’s best breakfast Kerala’s spread of morning dishes – vellayappam, Uppuma, iddli, puttu, masala dosa,appams etc. have been rated the best breakfast in the world by Travel & Leisure magazine. A must-try is the crisp lacy appam served with meat/vegetable stew. The magazine says in its article In the lush, green [...]
House boats in Kerala backwaters have all the creature comforts of a good hotel: well-furnished bedrooms with AC, modern hygienic toilets, cozy living rooms, a beautiful kitchen and in some cases even a balcony for angling or they use to incorporate a swimming pool too. Fresh food, cooked in inimitable traditional Kerala style is the [...]
The Kerala Backwaters are a labyrinthine system formed by more than 900 km of waterways In the middle of which there are a number of towns and cities, which serve as the starting and end points of backwater cruises. The backwaters have a unique ecosystem – freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the [...]
Serene backwaters and verdant hill stations as well as the stunning beaches with historical palaces that embraces rich cultural heritage – The choice that Kerala offers to any guest is endless and there is so much to explore in Kerala. Every holiday seeker has a different purpose and requirement from Kerala and the best time [...]
