Archive for December, 2012

India East Coast: Pondicherry a Taste of France in India
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India East Coast: Pondicherry a Taste of France in India

After enjoying our twinkling night-time scenes and a bellyful of temples in Mysore we headed East across Karnataka and entered our third Indian state of this trip.  Tamil Nadu’s capital Chennai was our first port of call on our way to Pondicherry. We had decided that the city did not offer us much in the […]

Posted in: Pondicherry
India Travel: Things to do in Mysore
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India Travel: Things to do in Mysore

Mysore, or Mysuru as it’s also known, is in the state of Karnataka.  If you haven’t visited Mysore before, we think it’s worth including on your India travel itinerary. The city is rich in heritage with many royal palaces, interesting colonial buildings, a choice of temples, churches and mosques to satiate any religious creed and […]

Posted in: Mysore
Mysore Palace Lights Up Night Sky

Mysore Palace Lights Up Night Sky

We arrived on Sunday afternoon in Mysore after taking a private taxi from Wayanad, its a three hour, 150Km journey which allows you to wave goodbye to Kerala State and say a big hello to Karnataka. Travel on Indian buses on a Sunday from this location wasn’t really an option, think busy times ten.  So we got […]

Posted in: India, Mysore
Kerala Travel: Kannur to Wayanad
By December 20, 2012 2 Comments Read More →

Kerala Travel: Kannur to Wayanad

We had a wonderful relaxing time at our Kannur homestay, enjoying the beach, nature, and the wonderful food in our ‘all inclusive’ remote beach escape.  All good things come to an end though ,so reluctantly we packed our backpacks and travelled by auto rickshaw for a 130Km three hour journey to Wayanad. Now it may […]

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India: Kerala Homestay in Kannur

India: Kerala Homestay in Kannur

The Train from Kochin to Kannur We left Kochi and headed for somewhere a little bit more off the tourist map to a place called Kannur in Northern Kerala. Our five hour train journey was a giggle  in our seated carriage, as we were the only tourists there. The children seemed fascinated with us, as […]

Posted in: Kerala