Joisy, proprietor of Jasmines, Fort Kochi

Our beloved but unpredictable old friend, India.

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November 20th 2019
Many Travelbloggers begin their entry with an applicable proverb or quote. Today we're doing the same with an old British catch-phrase that you'll never see penned again: "Don't just book it, Thomas Cook it". Yep, strangled on multiple fronts and after almost two hundred years in existence, the old travel chestnut finally went belly-up. This, whilst sad on an institutional level, is obviou ... read more

Asia » India » Karnataka

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more