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Mamallapuram Slideshow
Top Hotels in Mamallapuram
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Great Temple Bay Resort Mamallapuram
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Greenwoods Beach Resort Mamallapuram
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Mamalla Beach Resort Mamallapuram
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Hotel Sea Breeze Mamallapuram
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Vindodhara Guesthouse Mamallapuram
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TTDC Hotel Mamallapuram
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Fortune Chariot Beach Resort Mamallapuram
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Mamallapuram
Travel Blogs from Mamallapuram, India
Last day in India
This is a top pick! ... as soon as our train arrived and instead spend the last few days of our stay in the nearby fascinating village of Mamallapuram. Like Hampi (which we visited about a week ago), Mamallapuram is both a magnet for western tourists and pilgrimage destination ...
Mamallapuram
This is a top pick! ... our selves to a beach bungalow which was massive with air-con, TV, a fridge and a fan on the balcony all for £8 a night. Mamallapuram should be renamed Hampi-on-Sea. It is a small fishing village with great restaurants, one bar and lots of ruins. We ...
Oh Butter balls
This is a top pick! We are now in a place called Mamallapuram and using the easy going tourist town as a means to acclimatise to the crazy place called India. Its really true that people say you will either love or hate India. There are more than 1.1 billion ...
One in a Billion
This is a top pick! If you're looking for ancient ruins that date back to the 7th century or to watch artisan stone carvers ply their trade, Mamallapuram, a short 2 hour drive south of Chennai is just the place. We found our little hotel, The Sunrise Guest House just a ...
Hello India
This is a top pick! ... from Sri Lanka to Chennia (Madras) we got straight out of the stinky, sweaty city (a reoccurring theme in India) and caught a local bus to Mamallapuram. Mamallapuram (also known as Mahabs) is a small fishing town 2 hours south of Chennai. With ancient ...
Incredible India
This is a top pick! ... and head to Mamallapuram instead..a small coastal town 2 hours south. We figured we needed a soft acclimatisation period and Mamallapuram was ideal. It's a backpacker's enclave with good restaurants and a very laid back vibe. The beach itself is kind of ...
caves
This is a top pick! ... about 10m closer to them and isn't worth it (in my opinion anyway). So my opinion of Mamallapuram:- a nice place to pend a few days, but stay in the village to get away form all the usual hassle of any touristy ...
Losing my Partner in Crime
... ; We didn't really do much in Chennai but enjoy each other's company before I went to Indonesia and Marcus carried on in India. We visited the beach, the largest courts of law next to the Royal Courts of Justice in London (lawyers on tour..), the Fort ...
India...es tal como la pintan....
Hola a todos! Hemos llegados sanos y salvos a la India. Este pais es de locos, es tal cual lo describen en las peliculas, sonido continuo de bocinas, lodo y basura por todas partes, trafico caotico, vacas sagradas se pasean y acuestan donde quieren, eso ...
Crocodile Tears and Mamallapuram Jeers
... us around until 8pm. Twelve hours for R2100.00 ($43.00). Our main destination was a 40-minute drive down to the temples of Mamallapuram, which allowed us to spectate all of the craziness in all the towns along the way (with my favorite being a dentist who ...
Always pick the fish with the brightest eyeball
So I decided not to travel much in my week without traveling partner(s). I've enjoyed the mental space and time staying still in Mamallapuram has meant for me. I'm sure that my skin is grateful that not all that time was spent on the beach - it's been ...
Baby Croc!
... one of the days here, the one where we visited a snake and crocodile farm! I'll get onto that after a little bit about Mamallapuram... This was the first place we could visibly see the effect of the tsunami. It wasn't pretty and it was clear a lot of ...
The end is in sight...
... much reason to hang around, plus, in the event of Diva Dolly tantrums, we at least had plenty time to get to Mamallapuram, a beach backpacker resort where many of the other teams seemed to be hanging out before the final stretch to Pondicherry. Should I ...
Mamallapuram
... he liked to do it, as it is a way to help him improve his English. It transpired he was studying rock carving, a trade that Mamallapuram is famed for, and was in his third year. After our little tour he took us to his house - well a ...
Last few days in India
... lazy last day before heading off to the airport at about 8 this evening. So, time for some reflection on my time here in India. Firstly, perhaps, it as just as I'd seen it in photos and on TV: lots of colours and wildlife and fantastic ...
A Nice Beach Place with HOT SHOWERS!!
hello from mallaballapurum (please excuse the spelling im not sure if its correct). its really nice here infact and jsut so nice to be somewhere that we're not leaving at ludicrous o'clock in the morning tomorrow. the last 3 nights have been madurai ...
Kerala and Tamil Nadu
... . It was however the hottest I think we have had in India, about 35oC. Finally ended our time in Southern India with a visit to Mamallapuram to see the rock carvings and temples which were amazing and also sample yet again some very cheap seafood and laze ...
Mamallapuram/Mahabalipuram - South of Chennai
... me before we left here's a funny image for you, I am now so brown and so fat I look like a roast chicken! So Mamallapuram is 1.5 hrs down the road southwards from Chennai (and 1 rip off taxi later thanks to bloody Ambassador Pallava hotel), and is ...
HC meeting
Our last day in India would be all about shopping and meeting HC members. We said goodbye to Betty and Joe and went straight to Spencer Plaza for some serious shopping. Claudia had to pick up some blouses, I had to get my coat. We put our backpacks ...
Relaxing in Mamalapuram
... , based on Buddhist buildings. There is also a life sized stone carved elephant which is apparently one of the finest in India. The morning quiet was short lived though and the area was suddenly invaded by lots of school children! They seemed more ...
Swimming at 5 am in the Bay of Bengal
... (and expensive) treat. Afterwards we drove to the number one tourist destination in Tamil Nadu : the temple complex at Mamallapuram. Here you can see cave temples, large boulders in a moon-like landscape, places of worship resembling the architecture ...
The Beach!
We're here at the 'beach' though it's a bit rough and there are too many boats. But the town is very cute, we are staying at a friendly guesthouse, and the food here is generally yummy. Mangos are in season! ...
Plage de Merde
... . No pics though as it was just too dark at that ridiculous time in the morning! Six hours later we arrived in Mamallapuram, a small costal town with a tradition in rock carving just below Chennai, where our flight home leaves from. The town was hit by ...
Arrival in India : Malmallapuram
... Après un vol via Barhein de, au total, 10h, pendant lequel j'ai fait presque que dormir, je suis arrivé à Mamallapuram. Il fait assez chaud (~30ºC) mais surtout très humide. Mamallapuram est un petit village de pêcheurs assez touristique mais ...
Mamallupuram and hammock physics
This weekend the promise of fresh fish and beaches drew us to the seaside town of Mamallupuram. After catching a couple of busses we arrived there friday arvo. The bus ride was interesting/terrifying, on previous bus trips I've mainly looked out the ...