Saj Lucia Hotel Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)

... is off-limits to non Hindus. Pilgrims come here from all over India to worship the god Vishnu. <br><br> Outside the temple we made two wonderful discoveries - banana chips fried in coconut oil and roasted cashews. Both were excellent. We stopped for dinner at Swaggat, a vegetarian restaurant. We were all anxious to try our first Keralan Dosha. They are pretty good. Dinner with coffee or tea was about $12 for the 3 ...

Hej alle Efter en god tid ved Kovalam Beach tog vi en enkelt nat i storbyen. Her moedte vi 2 svenskere, som var paa vej til Varkala. Vi tog en tur i zoo, men det var en meget varm og ikke saa spaendende oplevelse som vi havde haabet. Vi moeder dog en finsk pige som vi foelges rundt med. Det er rigtig fedt at vi er begyndt at tale med andre rejsende, saa man kan dele ...

... a guitar and fiddle at the Salvation Army for Steve and Kevin, and the team sang Knock, Knock, Knocking on Heaven's Door. Kevin then did his Celtic thing on the fiddle as we all attempted to dance behind him, and Michelle successfully invited a local lady to join in. Without going in to too much detail, suffice it to say that the build was a huge success as expectations were ...

... in the backwater from our guides. After a dinner of egg curry and being taught card tricks by our hosts effusive & erudite youngest daughter, we retired for the sleep of the dead. The next morning we caught the local ferry back to town, happy with our lot. Waiting for our train south the Varkala the next morning, the train station hummed; Indian families in their Sunday best, especially the kids. For the first time we saw little boys in over-sized suits and little girls ...

... the web site is under development and will be complete in about three months and they still insist on cash or a bankers draft but then we'd have to pay for that in cash too. Having failed to buy our tickets out of here we decided lunch was the only option and offered up a silent prayer that the Safari's fridges were working and the beer would be cold. We needn't have worried the Safari was locked up as was every other licensed premises in ...

... of the Travancore kings and boasts of 127 rooms spread across a 6.5 acres complex. A myriad of inner courtyards and underground passages fill the compound which is a repository of cultural treasures that include 17th and 18th century murals, exquisite woodwork on the ceiling and walls, the famed black and red shiny floors made up of a unique mix of jaggery, lime, burnt coconut, egg white, charcoal and sand from the ...

... There may be the same cash deals going on in India but what I get is one great big Festival of Noise! There has been no pumping Hindipop yet, or Malayalanpop, but these days leading up to Diwali have been a constant torrent of fireworks... but not as we know it. Fireworks can be of all kinds, big and small, simple or fancy; some go for a shower of light, some for whistles and bells attached; some go ...

... despite your inordinantly keen sense of direction, you'll find yourself in a mass of humanity so confusing that you can't figure out which market is which. it's here that you'll run into the indian headbobble. in africa, everyone was born with an innate knowledge of the same handshake. if you're born in india, your birthright is the headbobble. technically, the headbobble isn't difficult to perform: a gentle shake from side to side, not left to ...

... We all got into a huddle and Abdul won, good choice too. We spent approximately four hours on this land which included some lunch by the water edge and decided to ferry back a cross and freshen up for the last blast around cochin.. SHOPPING TIME!! Once back on terra firma, we jumped into (yes you guessed it) another rickshaw and without concern for speed, set off completely in the wrong direction, our chronologically challenged driver throwing a deaf one... Plonker.. as ...

... sea side. Goa is where we caught up with Bill and Co, To sit and tell all our tales of woe. They laughed with us in the Rovers Return, Keeping out of the sun so we would not burn. We played in the sea and fought off huge waves, I knew I'd loose my knickers one of those fine sunny days! Ten days we had with friends from back home, It will soon be just a memory as we get ready to roam. Its time to move on to beautiful Hampi, The land of ruins and no electricity ...