Riverside Retreat Kerala

... morning I wake up only to find no taxi. After waiting, he arrives in the wrong vehicle, but I no longer care so we go. The park itself is pretty lousy, even though the Lonely Planet states it is the most beautiful area of Kerala (which I disagree). Regardless I see wild elephants, peacocks...and monkeys. I decide to leave S. Bathery for its only savior is the decent bakery next to the hotel.

I'm outta here...

... stares (curiosity, white skin, western woman, yea whatever else etc), the flattery is long gone and I find myself becoming a bit perturbed by the consistency. Reminding myself of the reasons and try to let go of small irritations, this gets me to Calicut, where all self checks go out the window. I step off the train in this not fussed city of almost one million people, I immediately get bombarded by: people holding out their hand, asking for my name, rickshaw? Hotel ...

... position. Sleepless Mohan the poor guy has to be our navigator until we reach our destination as he has not traveled in car sitting in drivers' seat :-). We reached Trichy @ 5am and I took charge from there. The major idea is not to take lengthy break which had eaten our time when we went to Mudhumalai (Gr8 idea Sreeni). The road from Trichy to Karur 60kms were extremely pathetic. From Karur to Coimbatore, the roads were awesome (similar to ECR in Chennai). We reached Aliyar dam ...

Keralahoneymoon.net –
The hospitality professionals with a mission. We in keralahoneymoon.net not
only profess what we learned from our rishis but also put it in practise .
“Athidhi Devo Bhava” – “Our Guest is our Lord.” We take care of all our guests
Kerala, India honeymoonkerala

... built between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea. This city is a blend of modern and traditional architecture. It is also ranked 1st in the number of foreign tourist visitng Kerala ...

... lifes challenges. This person also gives you your mantra (a short phrase to repeat to help focus the mind or relax you, maybe like counting to 10 when you get angry). The ashram then is a place where a guru lives. Disciples living there will aim to learn from the guru and to put religious teachings into practise. Ashrams vary in size from one deciple to enourmous ashrams like the Amrithapuri with a permanent residency of 2000 people and even this was ...

... at the front of the room. I really didn't like his voice that would sometimes sound like a toad doing karaoke. He would sometimes say "start again.....start again" and then drop these "Deeeerrrrrrrrr" noises at the end of chants. That really *************. There were times when i thought of doing a freak out and smashing up that ghetto blaster. Jokes aside i listened to what he was saying and followed the technique instructions like a recipe, i wasn't getting ...

We have had our first night bus and i would say it is our last after 12 hours of hell!! It was so bumpy we were air born on a number of occasions and so hot - i'm sure we'll toughen up but think we're going to stick to shorter distances or trains for the time being. We travelled from Mysore to Ernekulum in Kerala. Kerala is a big state and very beautiful. We feel chilled out now after the chaos of Kolkata and Bangalore. We had one night in Ernekulum ...

... them. The young boy, nephew of the couple that ran the place (his mother and father had been killed) walked by numerous times, singing like a little angel. Over the door to my room, and none of the others, was a painting of Jesus, one of the familiar "corazon de jesus" portraits that are seen so many times in Latino houses. Many christians here. Eventually the boy grew the guts to talk to me, and had very good english. He was joined by the rest of the family outside my window, who were ...