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A WEEK IN KERALA

Saturday, November 11, 2006

I spent a week on a short but fruitful sightseeing tour of Kerala, and returned back yesterday. My earlier experiences with Kerala was restricted to Wayanad district and Munnar, except for a short journey to Kochi when I was a kid.

During this week of travelling, I discovered what Kerala is all about and why it attracts so many tourists. I covered all the popular tourist circuit of Kerala including the beaches at Kappad near Kozhikode, Cherai beach near Cochin, the venerable and the must do - Fort Kochi, the ever popular Ayurvedic massages, the backwaters trip on the Vembanad lake and south India's most well known tiger reserve - Periyar.

The trip gave an excellent introduction to Kerala and has worked as a good precursor for taking my own time someday and spend more time travelling to the corners of this beautiful state. As usual, I shall write about all of it in detail with photographs here sometime in the days to come.

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2 Comments:

Mridula said...: Spooky, I thought I had left a comment earlier. Lovely pictures. We have decided to go to Sikkim in December last week and I am buying (if fact already bought but still with my friend) the Canon Rebel. Thanks a lot for all your help for my camera questions.; 12:38 PM, November 21, 2006
Arun said...: Have a fun trip :); 5:21 PM, November 21, 2006

Complete Listing of Stories

HIMALAYAS * Sikkim - Gochela trek * Sikkim - Gurudongmar and Yumthang valley * Auli, Skiing gallery * Skiing at Auli * Tawang * Manali and around * Shimla and around * Lahaul and Spiti * Kinnaur * Kalpa Village

MONSOON/SAHYADRI * Hills of South India * Mullayyanagiri and Charmadi, Chickmagalur, in the monsoon * Hiking in Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary * Driving to Coorg * Trekking on the railway tracks to Yedakumari between Sakaleshapura and Subrahmanya * Driving in rain: Jog falls, Karwar, Kali and Goa * Wayanad

HERITAGE/CULTURE/HISTORY * Rishikesh - 2005 * Rishikesh - 2006 * Rishikesh Photo Gallery * Hampi * Hampi Photo Gallery * Badami * Pattadakal * Aihole * Mahakoota * Images - Badami, Aihole and Pattadakal * Melukote * Belur and Halebeedu * Varanasi * Varanasi Photo Gallery * Ganga Aarti at Har-ki-Pauri, Haridwar * Guruvayur

LEISURE/SITESEEING * Riverside picnic - Places around Bangalore * Muthyala Madu * Kerala Backwaters * Fort Kochi * Shillong * Cherrapunjee * Guwahati

WILDLIFE * Bandipur National Park * Bhadra wilderless: Muthodi * A birding trip to Wayanad, Kerala * Dandeli: Wilderness and adventure * Corbett National Park * Corbett National Park Photo Gallery * Rajaji National park * Periyar Tiger Reserve, Thekkady * Eaglenest National Park * Nameri National Park * Kaziranga National Park

BEACH SIDE * Driving from Bangalore to Goa via Jog and Murdeshwara * Gokarna * Cherai Beach, Kochi * Kappad Beach, Calicut * Fort Kochi

ADVENTURE * Tubing in Kaveri * Hiking in Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary * Skiing at Auli - 2005 * Skiing/Trekking at Auli - 2006 * Auli Photo Gallery- 2005 * Auli Photo Gallery- 2006 * Trekking on the railway tracks to Yedakumari between Sakaleshapura and Subrahmanya

DRIVING * Driving from Bangalore to Goa via Jog and Murdeshwara * Riverside picnic - Places around Bangalore * Hampi * Hills of South India * Driving in rain: Jog falls, Karwar, Kali and Goa * A week in Kerala

BOOK REVIEWS * Into the High Ranges * The Itinerant Indian * Sacred Waters(Stephen Alter) * Elephas Maximus(Stephen Alter) * Chasing the Monsoon (Alexander Frater) * Tales from the Torrid Zone (Alexander Frater) * Waterlines * Slowly down the Ganges(Eric Newby) * Roar of the Ganges(Mark Barian) * The Nanda Devi Affair(Bill Aitken) * A Search in Secret India(Paul Brunton) * A Hermit in the Himalayas(Paul Brunton) * City of Joy(Dominique Lapierre) * Ladakh - Crossroads of High Asia(Janet Rizvi)

OTHER * In search of Snow * Impact of Tea Estates * FAQ on monsoons * Getting Lost * Cricketing Nation * Touts at Shimla * Touts at Agra * The Ganga Dream * Qutub Minar * Tourism Explosion

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