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Jungle Village Thekkady

Thekkady, Kerala, India

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Tiger, Tiger where art thou?

A travel blog entry by bellethorpe

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... to show him his Trip Advisor page as he seemed so excited to see it.


We eventually settled down at the table and he gave us some rice pudding dessert that his father had brought over, it was delicious. After sipping yet more masala tea (Chris is officially in love) we tried some of his signature Fish Curry served with Tapioca … heaven!

After such a great day we retired to our room to watch some TV, only managing to watch the back of our ...

"Maria" is out of the Convent!

A travel blog entry by travelling_kat

... of INdian travel we didn't make it far before we had to pull off the road because there was a religious procession. There were young males - of all ages - who were rolling on the street - in only little saree wraps ...The boys were rolling on the street in hopes of having help from the gods in whatever endeavors they were working on in life... the street was of course being washed off by some water truck ahead of them... next came the women of the boys carrying lamps ...

Busier day in Thekkady followed by a quietish one

A travel blog entry by phillovell

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... photographs of Indian and English royal families on hunting outings with rows of the wildlife they had bagged in front of them. Apparently, there are only fifty or so tigers left in the Periyar reserve by now. George V and his hunting parties probably killed several multiples of them in his visits here.

If you are visiting Kumily / Thekkady, I would actually recommend staying in the rooms (called The Wildernest Rooms on the internet site) at the back of ...

Blafferi og markedsdag

A travel blog entry by emiltt

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... med koelig atmosfaere. Vi sluger en omgang Thali og tager en bil til Madurai, hvor rejsen mod weekendens samlingspunkt for frivillige i sydindien starter. Vi faar mast 6 personer ind i en 4 personers bil, vi sidder mageligt paa skoedet af hinanden og maerker en konstant flydende svedstroem vaedde hinandens toejlag. Turen tager 3 timer.

Vi ankommer til Madurai, spiser og shopper lidt, da det bliver aften tager vi nattoget til Kovulum, hvor alle frivillige samles i loebet ...

Tiger, tiger burning bright.. the quest begins

A travel blog entry by joandkaa

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... a herd of elephants late in the day. Abstaining as we did from tipping our "guides", despite a bit of group pressure the Indian in Kanan won through, we went home tired but happy, not to mention all the more determined in our tiger quest. We're leaving Kumily a day earlier than planned and heading to Munnar tomorrow for an abundance of tea-hills and more walking.

We're hoping for a smoother ride this time!

Kaa and Jo ...