Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), India Travel Blogs

Lights, Camera, ACTION! My Bollywood experience
Dec 13, 2007 (13 photos)

... 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 website.& ...

Thiruvananthapuram
Dec 4, 2007 (4 photos)

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 shop ...

Goodbye India
Nov 17, 2009

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

Going to Kerala
Aug 21, 2008

Going south to relax.

Holy Cow! It's India!
Nov 2, 2009 (8 photos)

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 ...

CRAZY CAMPUS:MIM
Nov 20, 2009

HELLO

Padmanabhapuram Palace - Suchindram Temple
Dec 29, 2007 (18 photos)

... with royalty and a feel of an authentic South Indian temple.   We start off from Thiruvananthapuram's Thampanoor bus stand, just a stroll away from the railway station. Actually, you can reach Kanyakumari by ...

Love and the devoidence of it
Nov 10, 2009

20:56 Dear Beatriz: To like somebody without loosing yourself control is such a mission impossible. To like, to appreciate, to enjoy the beauty of one another is such  a passionate task in nature that being devoid of flare of emotion is just simply ...

What a difference a brew makes
Sep 7, 2008 (4 photos)

So, we arrived at 5.40am local time at the small airport of Thiruvananthapuram.  After about half an hour we had passed through customs and picked our bags up and spoke to a bloke about getting a taxi; he gave us a ticket and told us to go "opposite ...