Week one - Kovalam - Varkala - Kottayam
2008-02-18, Kovalam, India. By: rabbitts

After spending a night at Mumbai's domestic airport, which was not an issue at all, I was in no desire to tackle Indian railways or bus stations so I decided to head for the nearst beach I could find ...

Last day of thirties
2005-12-14, Kovalam, India. By: archandfi

Day before Fi's birthday we took bus into Trivandrum and visited the zoo and Napier Museum. The whole area is a large botanic garden -very shady and peaceful. Zoo is excellent; good enclosures, very g...

Birthday
2005-12-14, Kovalam, India. By: archandfi

Thanks to everyone who sent Fi birthday greetings for the 14th. As you know, I had sworn I'd have my 40th on a sunny beach somewhere and, as always, I kept my word. I had an amazing ayurvedic massage ...

Last Day at Kovalam
2005-10-25, Kovalam, India. By: marlau

Tomorrow we move on to Fort Kochi. This has been a wonderful stop but we are ready to move on. A couple of days ago we spent the better part of a day getting a train ticket at the train station in Tre...

More beach
2005-10-19, Kovalam, India. By: marlau

Well we're still in Kovalam. The weather is spectacular, in the 30s (90s F.) and cool in the evening. We're enjoying the beach and resting after Korea and Sri Lanka. Typical day is breakfast at 9.00, ...

Is there a snake in your bag?
2005-10-10, Kovalam, India. By: marlau

We returned to Kandy and forturnately our room was available. That evening Ravi invited us for dinner that his wife had cooked. We were quite excited because we thought we would have an interesting ev...