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Saturday 14 to Wednesday 18 November It rained almost non-stop during our 3½ hour journey from Kanyakumari, but it eased shortly before we reached Varkala. Little did we know that this was merely a lull before the storm! Having struggled to find a way by road into the Varkala Marine Palace and eventually coming to a halt at the foot of a steep incline by their tradesmen’s entrance, we were met by the owner, Bhasker, and shown to our room, one of three traditional Keralan style apartments on the first floor of a recent [View Full Entry]

Keep Smiling - Mike Fossey | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 17th 2009 | 183 Views | [diary=453328]

The north cliff beach
The view from the top of the north cliff
The path along the top of the north cliff

By Dee and Holly
October 29th 2009
Beachy Varkala Asia
After our great backwater experince, we decided to travel south from Fort Cochin by boat so booked a tourist boat from Alleppey (2 hours from Fort Cochin) to Kollam. We took a death-wish taxi to Alleppey and boarded our boat. It was very empty, just 10 of us in total, so comfortable. It was very slow going (10km/hr) but the scenery was amazing so we didn't mind. We got to Kollam, a typical (horrible) big Indian town, we hated it and got a taxi straight to Varkala. We'd been recommended this place by Steve and Sarah, who we'd met in Goa. [View Full Entry]

Dee and Holly - In search of Pie | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 4th 2009 | 155 Views | [diary=449230]

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So we arrived safely in Varkala and after a lot of searching we found our b&b "BKs" , the area was like a maze. We spent the first day in Varkala walking around, on the beach, getting bitten by mosi's and getting sunburnt. On the 2nd evening we met Artiste Joshe at the Kerala Coffee house...a typical lonely planet kindof place i'm quickly getting used to/sick of. Anyways Joshe was a Yoga guru who invited us to some early morning yoga which we did. We met him and some other tourists in a hotel block and did at least 3 hours [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 25th 2009 | 366 Views | [diary=401959]

Fruit juices @ fruit shack
Water bottle
Doll tree

Om Shanti, Well, I've successfully completed my Teachers Training with the Sivananda Yoga Ashram, hooray! I'm feeling a sense of emptiness yet also closure with the ending of the home I shared with 100 people the last 4 weeks. It's a bit unreal to believe the all the things I've learned and the experiences I've shared are now just memories and photographs. The time went surprisingly quickly and it's amazing the growth I feel on many levels. The challenge now is to continue my own practice outside the supportive, though somewhat restrictive, walls of the ashram. The daily grind was b [View Full Entry]

irishfaerie - Laura Erwin | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 15th 2009 | 199 Views | [diary=390491]

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Yoga Class
Kanyakumari Trip

OMMMMMM Well, its the end of the third week at the ashram and time seems to have flown by. Each day is so loaded with activity that its hardly surprising. Today, I've taken a two hour drive up the west coast to Varkela beach with a group of people to relieve some tension of the upcoming exam and take in a bit of local culture. I had a western breakfast of fruit and museli and yoghurt to add some variety to my diet. There's not much on the agenda today, which is both strange and liberating. I'll spend some time on [View Full Entry]

irishfaerie - Laura Erwin | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 3rd 2009 | 172 Views | [diary=387215]


Hi All, I've just realised having read my other blog that it has been a while since my last update. I found out yesterday that we were now in fact in the month of April which was really surprising, I have got to the stage where I don't even know what day it is! So anyway before I was in Calicut what must be India's most horrific town. Apart from the overcrowded beach the town consists of an amalgamation of tall industrial buildings and small dirst shacks all squashed into a space around 10 x smaller than it needs to be. [View Full Entry]

Meg the Belcher - Meghan Elizabeth Belcher | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 3rd 2009 | 103 Views | [diary=387312]


Well, we really didn't realise how tired we were or how quickly we have consumed Northern India!!. So we are in Varkala, a very relaxed, seaside resort located along the cliff edge. Its not exactly the stuff dreams are made of but I tell you something, it looked pretty good after 3 days on the train!! All the accommodation is located along the cliff edge and then there are other places ( not necessarily cheaper) slightly further back. In my opinion the North of the cliff is the best area as it is quieter and has the majority of the bamboo [View Full Entry]

Becky and Chewys great escape - Dan Oliver | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 27th 2009 | 155 Views | [diary=385246]

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The first thing to hit us was the heat, as our plane touched down in Kerela; near on 33 degrees but an altogether welcome assault on our persons. We were so excited to once again be able to don the flip-flops and shorts! We didn't recieve any hassle from anyone at the airport and I even caught the odd 'please ma'am' and 'thank you sir'. We'd both heard a lot of good things about the south of India, Kerela in particular, and the more time we spent in the state, the more we grew to love the place. People were friendlier, [View Full Entry]

Kelly and Amers - Kelly White | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 31st 2009 | 236 Views | [diary=379326]

Catch of the day
Fancy a brew?
One lump or two?

On our last morning in Gokharna, I got woken up to George claiming that something had eaten away at him during the night. It was a sure attack of the bed bugs. Strangely enough, I got off bite-free, but the bites on Georges arms (and legs...and stomach...) was like nothing I had ever seen before. We left Gokharna around 2pm and started our walk to Gokharna bus station, which basically involved walking up and over the hill over barren land with 40 degree sun blaring down on us for 2 kms....and carrying 15kg each of luggage...Needless to say we got about [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 1st 2009 | 109 Views | [diary=377623]


By The Grog Bloggers
February 25th 2009
Spending big Asia » India » Kerala » Varkala
Over the past two weeks we have transformed from being filthy backpackers to filthy package holiday makers. We don't have any more than Tamil Nadu to compare this part of India with but the contrast between Kerala and our home state of the previous month is like comparing a Ferari with an auto-rickshaw. After travelling only seventy kilometres or one and a half hours north west from Kanyakamari and suddenly we were back in the tourist territory that we hadn't really seen since leaving Bangkok over a month ago. The drive in to Triviandrum on yet another crappy bus was a [View Full Entry]

The Grog Bloggers - Mitchell and Danielle | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 7th 2009 | 221 Views | [diary=379609]

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