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Trivandrum Slideshow
Trivandrum
Travel Blogs from Trivandrum, India
India here we are!
This is a top pick! ... left Bangkok (a while back now) on a not very entertaining Silk airways flight..... we headed for a place in South India - called Trivandrum,which is located in the state of Kerala. ...
An Ode to India
This is a top pick! ... juicy steak, I'm getting the feeling we made another mistake! Let's head for the mountains where it's nice and cool, A part of India which is a real jewel. Kodaikanal is a trek and a half if you are catching the bus, I was minding my own reading a ...
Up the East Coast, part I: Kerala to Rameshwaram
This is a top pick! ... . As the heat bore down upon me from the sun above, I drank dry my second liter of water from my Nalgene bottle. In Trivandrum, I had Aqua Mira water purification sent to post restante at the GPO, so they were waiting for me when I arrived from Sri ...
Welcome to Thiruvananthapuram!
This is a top pick! ... capital of the state of Kerala. For fairly obvious reasons, the city is often referred to by its colonial name, Trivandrum. (Try saying Thiruvananthapuram after a Kingfisher or two and the decision to shorten makes a lot of sense!) We ...
IndiAH - in a total state of bliss
This is a top pick! ... spent two days budget on one night's glorious sleep) A skip and a hop on the plane from Mumbai and I found myself in Trivandrum in Kerala again, same place as last year. I'm staying on the beach in Kovalam on the southside of a wonderful lighthouse. ...
The End of India
This is a top pick! ... many years as the memories of India will last. It's my final day here, and I've taken myself down to the beach town of Kovalam. Trivandrum has been a little overwhelming for the last two days, and it's a relief to get out of the city. So, yet again, I ...
So long India
This is a top pick! ... landscape is an explosion of vibrant rich colour. And of course, three things we'll happly live without: 1) The Pollution. Sorry, but India stinks. It doesn't take long to adjust to the smells, but crowded cities of up to 15 million people, many of ...
Chilling in Kerala
... important looking men in Gandhian homespun white cotton so it looks like it's popular with politicians as well. It was a relaxing week in Trivandrum - the weather still pretty damp so we didn't make it to Kovlam beach but we did take in the sights in ...
A big deep breath in India.
... , stopped by Dubai for a few days to hand over the last bits of Sudan work, and then got on a plan to Kerala, south-western India for five weeks. My plan, book into an Ashram and stop for a while. I didn't know anyone that had spent time in an ashram, ...
And on to Kerala
... other business! It was also noticeable that men wore skirts here in Kerala. The train - the Rajdhani Express - finally pulled into Trivandrum - and incredible journey of over two days from Delhi - and it was only four hours late! I got off into ...
peace at last
After a three hour train ride in an extremely cold A/C carriage I arrived at Trivandrum for my next stop with some vague instructions to a retreat centre based outside a small village another half an hour's drive away in a taxi. Considering no-one had ...
Some Time in Trivandrum
... a while in the pews and I took Jai off for a walk around the church, or rather Jai took me. We next visited the Trivandrum zoo. We hadn't expected the animals there to have much space or contentment, as that tended to be a feature of Indian zoo's, and ...
Every day we hustlin'
... 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 ...
Trivandrum
We arrived last night in Trivandrum (aka Thiruvananthapuram), a small city of about 800,000. We discovered a new snack last night called peanut masala: roasted peanuts, diced onion, cilantro, tomato, lime, and some unbelievable spices. ...
5,000 year old temple
... in a row with two other men and gave us our own row - all 6 seats. Apparently old white women get special treatment. Trivandrum is 750 miles south of Bombay in the state of Kerala - a two hour flight. We had arranged a pickup at the airport ...
Padmanabhapuram Palace
... ride looks pretty much the same. Small open air shops line the highway for miles. It looks like a mini-strip mall India style. The highlight of the ride back was spotting an elephant on the side of the road. We asked our driver to stop ...
Lights, Camera, ACTION! My Bollywood experience
... and unclear and silly it can be.. I also love how things seem to work out. I had faith that my time in Trivandrum happening to coincide with their film festival was not for nothing! I was meant to see those films.. Some of my UK based friends will ...
Thir..uvan..an..thap.pur..am... AKA Trivandrum
... is kind of McSquishy and not very McGood.).. And so.. Surprise.. Boarded the late flight to Bangalore, where I would connect with my Trivandrum flight. It was late, and also there was too much traffic, so we were in the air when my next flight ...
India post
Posting a parcel back from Trivandrum.... No, don't even ask! Today I launched a verbal assault on a spider because it wasn't doing it's job properly. Why is it always me that has to deal with the mosquitoes?... I think I need more ...
Day 0: Just Registering
... . It had almost registered fully now. My heart was beating anxiously and I was ready to start the party tonight. Ashish had already reached Trivandrum and, on my request, had booked us in a hotel on the Kovalam Beach! I wanted to wake up next to the Sea ...
Great beach, cool gals
ALLEPEY TO QUELON Kerala Thru inland waters On tropic ferry. Timeless Palm tree'd villages. KOVALUM Kerala What games did we play, Ed, Sabine, Helene & I, Under sun and moon? Beautiful beach. Strong surf ...
The End of India
... you when you return. It is the waiting which is essential, not the passage of time. Various scientific studies indicate that, in India, if you are not waiting, then time does not fundamentally exist. Some people (and I sympathise greatly) cannot stand the ...
last ever photos and more
... on a backwater tour, and then got the cruise down to kollam, where we stayed one night, then travelled down to trivandrum on a nightmarish 1.5 huor train ride, which was so packed we nearly suffocated...so its from trivandrum airport that dennis departed ...
Down and up!
Ja, wir waren ein wenig zu langsam unterwegs in den letzten Wochen!! Da wir aber spaetestens Mitte Maerz in Nepal sein wollen, heisst es nun Strecke machen. Sinnigerweise fahren wir also erstmal Richtung Sueden, um dann die etwas ueber 1000km im Nachtzug ...
Capital City
... say, I'm afraid and no pictures to go alongside. Just logging the country on the blog map. We arrived in Trivandrum, everyone was watching the cricket as India was playing in the quarter finals. All we did here was book our train tickets for the next ...
