Tag: India Travel Itinerary

Sightseeing Around New Delhi
By January 5, 2013 0 Comments Read More →

Sightseeing Around New Delhi

Sightseeing around New Delhi New Delhi has been our first big city in India (we had visited Chennai, but this was more of a stopover) and it has been a real surprise.  The first is that with the exception of key junctions and parts in the very centre of town, the traffic runs quite smoothly, especially on the […]

Posted in: Golden Triangle, India
India East Coast: Pondicherry a Taste of France in India
By December 29, 2012 2 Comments Read More →

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
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
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