Blogs from Kerala, India, Asia

GUN 06 KASIM 2024 PAZAR Bugün dinlenme günümüz… Sabah neşeli bir kahvaltının sonrasında, otel rıhtımına yanaşan bir gemi bizi bekliyordu.. Tam Hint usulü bir teknenin tepesine kurulduk … Hava çok güzel ve yeşillikler arasında bir gezi başladı… Otelin güneyine doğru yapılan gezide, deniz-nehir kıyısında çok güzel konutları geçtik ve kanallarla dolu bir yere doğru aktık .. Kanalların her iki yanında çeltik tarlaları alabildiğine uzanıyor.. Önce bir iskeleden, likit ihtiyacı karşılandı daha sonra bir balıkçı iskelesinde yerel böcekler satın alındı.. Yemek te de balık var …sonuç olarak bu gezi bir anlamda gurubun da bir anlamda yakınlaşmasına olanak tanıdı .. Gurup ile ilgili bir keşfimi paylaşmak istiyorum.. Gurup müziğe çok yatkın ve zaman zaman şarkılar söyleniyor hep birlikte ... ... read more

The thought of backwater cruise, wildlife at national parks and carpet like tea plantation lured me to visit Kerala. Back in March 2018, I, my sister Nyta and my friend Kiko left Jakarta with Malaysian Airlines, transiting in Kuala Lumpur and arrived in the evening. Our driver, Jotish picked us up and took us to Cochin Marriott. On the first day of our visit, we had a city tour, visiting Fort Kochi, famous for its spice trading in the 16th century. We could see the legacy of the spice routes from the historical Portuguese architect design buildings, the names of the street and Chinese Fishing Nets along the coast. Kochi is rich in history as merchants began trading spices, primarily cardamom and black pepper, with European, Middle Easterners and Chinese since 1500. Its history was quite ... read more

Kerela Wow, what a shock! It’s as if we’ve been put in a time machine and fast forwarded about 60years. Apart from the heat that greeted us at 10pm. our taxi driver was the only one waiting for passengers! The drive to Fort Kochi was on good roads, hardly any tooting, passed numerous large car showrooms, plenty of neon lights, not a single cow and from what we could see in the dark, no obvious piles of rubbish. Usually Fort Kochi is a very popular tourist visit, however all the attractions have been closed due to the Corona virus. There are a few White people around, very few! Consequently plenty of tuk tuk drivers trying to get a job. One guy we were talking to, asked if we could do him a favour, he didn’t want ... read more

Thursday 16 Jan 2020 Preparing for our trip - 6 days countdown - should we start packing? So tempting to get those backpacks out.... read more

Think end of January - cold icy winds drifting over the banks of snow, frozen noses and reddened cheeks from walking, driving on icy roads. Had enough? Sorry, I figure this time of year is a good time to wander off to somewhere warmer - now think southern India. Close to the equator with steamy hot days and indigo dark skies at night. Yep, I'm going to India again but to the southern end this time. After just returning from Spain, I figured it was a good time to start packing my suitcase for India. I know what I used and what I really didn’t need from the Spain trip and so it’s the best time to organize my travel paraphernalia. As well, I was putting my summer things away for the season, many of which ... read more