Kannankeril Homestay
Travel Blogs from Kochi
Cochin
... out side, as did everyone else, and cleverly just avoided being the cause of a major new log jam. There was pandemonium but luckily for us the attention was all directed at the vehicle next to us and we were able to join the mass scorn which seemed to squeeze it back into an impossible position that would allow the thunderous creep of the tired old beasts of trucks to start again. This seemed to inspire the hooters to greater heights, roaring dusty decorated elephants of the ...
Our last stop in India...
... change; people who come here for a "simple holiday" should not bother, unless they go to Goa and put themselves up in a hotel on a beach, and there they may as well be anywhere else with a beach. The north is a complete opposite of the south – the north is so much more cultured, beautiful in terms of man-made monuments with more to see and do. The south is more chilled, more westernised and more picturesque – 2 parts of a countries ...
Nelephants
... waterfalls not as spectacular as would be in rainy season here but still worth a ride out.
We took some pics then walked up, sweating buckets by now and standing with my hat fanning myself rather than wearing it, I was approached by the 'tourist police' wanting to chat - really I was sweating and panting from walking up the hill then had to make polite conversation, they were genuinely lovely and interested in where we were from etc and told ...
And now for something completely different....!!!
... amazed at all the activity at the docking area. We found our boat, called a Kettuvallam, and said goodbye to Ahlmo for two days.
As we sailed along, we realised that the temperature here was hotter than the hills of Periyar, and a lot more humid too!!
We cast-off after stowing our suitcases and were soon served a delicious Kerelan fish ...
In which girls do battle with cockroach
... independence was put to the test on Tuesday night when we returned to our room to be ambushed by 2 inches of murky orange-shelled and scuttling brown-legged cockroach, lying in wait behind the Colgate. Our bug catching weapon of choice (a measuring jug) was unfortunately already occupied by a spider I'd captured that morning and didn't have the heart to flush away so had left to think about what it had done. He went to a watery grave.
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Amenities
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Business Services
- Free parking