Taj Green Cove Resort And Spa Kovalam

... today. However, i found a great hotel retreat behind the lighthouse with my own private cove. Kovalam is beautiful, and is only spoilt by the touts trying to get you into their restaurants and bars. But the laid back atmosphere is proving enjoyable after a few manic days.

I'm learning a hell of a lot on my travels, and one of those lessons is the fact there are so many varieties of heat in this continent. There was the heat of Jaipur with ...

... no one was paying any attention but it's strange how her voice was around the entire village- they love music so much here! It was sweet as well because all the children were waving at us, some seemed shocked- it's like they haven't seen white people before! Also i have decided from now on not to give to beggars, they only approach white people and when they do they don't appreciate what is given! it's like they expect to get loads from us, i gave a lady 30 ...

... I've saved it for later on :) We're both excited at moving on, although all the travelling we have to do to get there is a bit daunting. You see it's easy on the bikes, you just get up in the morning, sit on the saddle and peddle. Somewhere between 5 and 8 hours later you're usually where you want to be. As soon as the bikes are packed up it a) becomes a pain in the backside to move anywhere , b) expensive and ...

... you want massage?'. That said there's a constant sea breeze to take the sting out of the beating suns and it's pretty cheap and so we have settled ourselves in for a week of daily yoga, interspersed with many juices, shakes, fruit salads and curries. In fact most days, after our morning yoga class, are filled with ways of killing time before we can justify sitting down for another snack or meal! A couple of days, after arriving here, the cough that had been lingering in my ...

... jaartje in hun huidige groep en anderen mogen dan weer een niveau hoger. Terwijl de leerkrachten dit allemaal bespreken, neem ik zelf ook een weekje vakantie. Het is ongelooflijk leuk om met deze kinderen te werken, maar het zal toch deugd doen om eventjes verlost te zijn van hun drukke gedoe. Als je denkt dat kinderen in Belgie druk doen en aanhankelijk zijn, dan moet je eens hier komen... Gelukkig dat het zo'n schatjes (kunnen) zijn. Aangezien het ...

... to literally find space for our bodies on 2 separate trains, we ended up in the "ladies only" section and was probably one of the most awful 45 min. of my life. Packed to the gills is an understatement, as people were pushing each other, sitting on top of each other and literally hang off the train. Having our backpacks taking up room only added to the stress. I wish I had a picture to show you, but i literally couldn't move my hand to even dig in my pocket for the ...

... we have expressly avoided going to the zoos for fear of what kind of conditions we might find there, but the Lonely Planet high recommended this one, so we gave it a try. The animals all have large enclosures which (to the best of our knowledge) do a good job imitating their natural habitats. Among the most ...

Helei ja tervehdys Intian lounaiskolkasta, tyolaisten kommunistisesta paratiisista, Keralasta. Taalla on Intian lukutaitoisimmat ihmiset ja tiedon lisatessa tuskaa luonnollisesti myos kuula osuu omaan kalloon muita provinsseja sakeammin.Viime runttauksessa, ystavaiseni, jaimme siis Delhin nettikahvilaan pohtimaan nukkumaanmenoa, jotta aikainen juna olisi kivuttomampi kolistella. Siispa hotellille tilaamaan sangollinen lamminta vetta suihkuksi ja petiin.Aamulla ylos ja kaksitahtituk ...

... from Cochin to Varkala, left at the appointed time of 13.55 and arrived 2 minutes early at 18.00, which is pretty impressive when you think it actually originated in Mumbai, some 25 hours earlier! In spite of all the staff, however, no-one actually checked my ticket...... Travelling by train in India is apparently, one of the must do things. And certainly for ease of use and punctuality, I was impressed. But, let's not romanticise it too much. The ...

... and eating i haven't much to report on this week. However the last week in Tamli Nadu was very busy. One of our last weekends away was to the salt pans in Tuticorin and to the southern-most tip of India, Kanniyakumari. SCAD have helped regulate the salt pan workers pay and have help set up women's self-help groups, so we went there and saw their village, school and the actual salt pans. The latter are usually dazzling white but due to rainfall they looked cement grey ...