Kerala: God’s own country in the trees of Attapallam
I am sitting on our tree house balcony listening to the the sounds of the forest at night whilst I write this, a recommended way to prepare for bed! We arrived at our present homestay…
Backwater Bliss
Between the mountains and the coast stretching along the middle third of the Keralan state (and maybe more) lie The Backwaters. This wetland area, cunningly created from who knows what and how long ago, is…
The Arabian Sea and Varkala
January 31. We have just arrived at our beach hut in Varkala, a 50km drive from Trivandrum. Even in complete darkness this place has a good feel to it. Clean and Spacious. The only sounds…
Udaipur : Homestay
A car took us from Jodhpur to Udaipur through the Ranakpur area. The scenery was absolutely beautiful and was made especially enjoyable by the fact our driver was unusually chilled out and drove calmly…
Jodhpur
Having survived a 9 hour train ride from Ranthambore to Jodhpur a couple of days ago, we nearly completely missed seeing Jodhpur altogether! For 2 days we viewed Jodhpur just from the rooftop terrace, which…
Mini-Review: Vatika Resort Ranthambore
Vatika Resort Ranthambore gets a thumbs up from us. It is a small group of about ten one room cottages on the outskirts of Sawai Madhopur on the way to the park. It is tidy,…
Ranthambore Tiger Free Zone
Our story takes us to the minimalist town of Sawai Madhopur, famous only for its proximity to Ranthambore Tiger Reserve. Ranthambore, as we call it for short, is a 300sqkm natural park, previous royal hunting…
India – the return home
Traveling back to India was always going to be the big adventure for me – especially with Sascha, Samuel and Elliot in tow, and much more given Samuel’s recent neurological adventure. Going by all reports…
On Resume
The regular reader will have noticed a lapse in posts recently, a gap of six months! Indeed, we were on pause and stationary in London, UK. Sascha has posted some small update on our activities…
The Continuation
We have been “On Pause” in England for quite a time. We have visited many wonderful places, but delayed our trip a lot. It is time to get back on course. I’ll start by…