Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), India Travel Blogs

Every day we hustlin'

A travel blog entry by cultureshockers

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... his motor to the test and stressing it by having us and our bags (60-70 pounds each) in while driving uphill. We got Trivandrum for our first train ride (cheapest travel method) to move through India. It felt great knowing we were saving money. We had an ...

Lights, Camera, ACTION! My Bollywood experience

A travel blog entry by mariebee

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... its original name. It used to be named Trivandrum to appease the British who were unable to pronounce Thiruvananthapuram! Many of India's cities are going back to their original names - Mumbai, Kolkata, etc., see more info on this ...

Siwananda Ashram

A travel blog entry by jocke

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Siwananda Ashram, ja vad ska man s�ga. Jag har delad uppfattning om ashram-tiden. Jag var d�r i 6 dagar, det blev ungef�r 4 timmar fysisk yoga om dagen. Jag skulle kunna skriva hur mycket som helst om ashramet, �ven om det kanske inte �r det ...

One Year in Kerala

A travel blog entry by julia

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... even more laid back (maybe due to restricted alcohol available - ha ha). We visited - Mangalore, Kovalem, Trivandrum, Ponmudi, Kanyakumari, Madurai, Coimbature, Ooti, Kodaikanal (Koreganar), Bangalore, Pondicherry, Chennai, Kochi. Kerala has vast ...

Good vibes

A travel blog entry by cultureshockers

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... span the spectrum of the rainbow and positive energy radiates from everyone's smiles. People back home warned me that India would be dirty, but this aspect of their culture is immediately overlooked through their overwhelming kindness and generosity. ...

Kinder, Rinder, Inder und Thiruvananthapuram

A travel blog entry by lotteundwalter

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Das Spannendste an Reisen in ferne L�nder ist f�r mich das st�ndige Bewusstwerden der eigenen, kulturellen Pr�gung. Der Grenzen im Kopf. Und dem Kontrast, den dieser Rahmen zu den ebenso eng gefassten Beschr�nkungen in den K�pfen der anderen Kultur ...

Thiruvananthapuram

A travel blog entry by andyandem

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A pleasant, if slightly rushed day was had in Bangalore before we set off on the night train to Thiruvananthapuram. We had another parcel to post, and after a rigmarole at the wrong post office, where they said we had to buy a box from a stationary ...

Kids for a day

A travel blog entry by tatandandy

... long night, filled with pervy men grabbing Tat's arse as they walked down the aisle of the train. Bad times! Arriving in Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) we quickly found a hotel with a fish pond inside and a gun shop across the road and fell into blissful ...

Namaste Kerala

A travel blog entry by hannahrose

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... train a few weeks previously and was treated to bagels, coffee and mingling at gigs with bollywood stars. Meanwhile I flew south to Trivandrum in Kerala where i was met at the airport by two teachers and two students from the school that i have come down ...

sri sathya sai school

A travel blog entry by hannahrose

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Alleppey, Thiruvananthapuram

A travel blog entry by grahamcooke

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... and - at a loss for something to do - played cards. Next was a long drive to Thiruvananthapuram, mostly referred to by its old name Trivandrum for obvious reasons. We were booked into a place called the Beach and Lake and, judging from their ...

Goodbye India

A travel blog entry by cawleyadventure

We took a taxi from Varkala and flew from Trivandrum to Singapore. Looked a nice enough place in the dark ...

Chanting to the auspicious three eyed God

A travel blog entry by susan_john

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Well we have well and truly arrived but on which planet we are not sure! We took the bus to the Ashram which was our first challenge. Firstly, the bus was over a hour late and the only place to wait was outside the men's latrine. When the bus eventually ...

52 hours later - Thiruvananthapuram

A travel blog entry by tyleryoga

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They told me the train trip from Kolkatta to Thiruvananthapuram (mouthfull!) would be 40 hrs.. half a day after i was scheduled to arrive, i stepped off the train, covered with a fine layer of dirt and ...

Trolling the peaceful backwaters

A travel blog entry by karenmichael

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... , coconut groves, and bucolic villages from our private houseboat - complete with a personal cook. The first European township in India is serene Fort Cochin, a fascinating blend of diverse cultures. Dozens of sites pay homage to Chinese fishermen, ...

Going to Kerala

A travel blog entry by worldbefree

Going south to ...

Ashram Security

A travel blog entry by h.m.h

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... ;t feel as if I’m even close to finishing nor settling. I’ve reached another level after Sri Lanka. I now understand India, Asia, and what it has to offer and now is the time to absorb, to challenge and educate the mind on those cultural ...

Last stop in India - banana leaf thali country

A travel blog entry by tomandcheu

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... to a close, our excitement about travelling on to Kuala Lumpar mounts. After the ten days resting up in Varkala, the journey down to Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, it felt as if we were at the end of a holiday and about to return home. We had ...

Holy Cow! It's India!

A travel blog entry by sangria1269

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After a tropic storm and a delayed flight, we arrived at Trivandrum (Indian name resembling an unpronounceable run on sentence). Thanks to the delay, we happen to meet a long haired German named Klaus, wearing a straw hat and easy going attitude (who now ...

The Journey Begins

A travel blog entry by kim_woods

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Just a day's travelling and here we are somewhere so totally different from home. For those reading this in England will know, we left the country in the grip of it's biggest freeze for 30 years with temperatures of -10 or worse but now we're in ...

Meeting The Life Of Pi Animals

A travel blog entry by jessandniall

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... . We were now leaving the southern east state of Tamil Nadu and heading into Kerala or "Gos' Own Country" as the sign modestly boasts. Trivandrum is the capitol of the state and as we were on a tight schedule and only really wanted to check out the Zoo we ...

Day 4 - In Trivandrum

A travel blog entry by pbprogo12

... with Croissants. Then I went back to my room and started watching TV. At 11, we checked out of the resort and got in a van to Trivandrum. It was hell in a 2 hour ride in the cramped up back seat of an Innova all the way to the hotel. When we got to our ...

The eagles have landed

A travel blog entry by whinger

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... even with the upgrade. We ate well that night, Jiff did the Lamb I did the Swordfish. very nice too. On arrival in Trivandrum at 5.00am India time - 23.30 Uk, we immediatley had a fag and booked a cab to Varkala. The journey took approximatley 1 hour and ...

Asail on the Houseboat

A travel blog entry by punctiliouspaul

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... church on this site was built in 479 AD. The current church is only 450 years old. Christianity was brought to South India in 86 CE by the apostle St. Thomas. Later, of course, western missionaries from Portugal, Britain, and other countries ...

The Other side of Sabarimala

A travel blog entry by mathewgeorge

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The Other Side of Sabarimala (India) Pathanamthitta town in central Travancore is southern Kerala's gateway to the famous Sabarimala shrine. On the way from Pathanamthitta to sannidhanam by taking a deviation to the right at Plappally one can skirt ...

Dec 29, 2010

A travel blog entry by aneese

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Urlaub

A travel blog entry by annaf

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10 Tage im S�den Indiens. ...

Trivandrum –Tigers, Leopards & Untold Riches

A travel blog entry by zinzan3

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Getting out of Alleppey wasn't quite as easy as expected. The resident policeman informed us that buses to Thiruvananthapuram leave from Platform I, what he didn’t tell us was that the bus station has only one platform and as such, so do the buses ...

Houseboating in the rain