Zion Villa
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Cliffs And Beaches
... get. In the interest of time, we ditched the $6 train we'd booked previously and hired an expensive taxi instead. For the little over one hour, 60 kilometre journey to Varkala we paid 1,120 rupees (~$21). On the way, we laid eyes on the Arabian Sea / Indian Ocean for the first time. Thus, our transportation that day went like this, in chronological order: taxi, plane, bus, bus, plane, bus, taxi.
The south was noticeably different. The ...
Back with the team!
... sound and is keen to join us for the next stage of the journey up to Allepey and Kochi. Cocktails followed dinner and one by one the others left to go to bed. As we were about to leave (and were facebooking Kev and Yasmin) we spotted them entering the bar. Huge squeals, hugs and smiles all round as we were reunited with our Jaisalmer buddies. We caught up with their adventures since we last saw them and stayed up quite late chatting. It was so good to see them. ...
Beach Bums
... her Cuba Libra's and i scanned the menu for the drink with the most shots of alcohol, i mean who cares what it tastes like when you're on a mission. Ten or so cocktails later i grabbed the bill and what a result they'd lost count and only charged us R600.
Unfortunately for others the now slightly tipsy Laura and myself had found out about a beach party. It was on Black Beach about 15 minutes down the road, ...
Sights and Sounds of Varkala Beach
... and paintings. Believing that she was past the "fresh meat" stage, Inga bargained a R74 newspaper down to R40. She discovered the next day that the hawker had inked the 7 in front of the 4, so the paper was actually R4 (8 cents). Oh well, we know we are ripe for the rip off, and it's not a lot of money in our terms.
Yesterday morning, Sharon went to rooftop yoga with Sunil and cooled off by walking in the surf and playing with the white egrets. In the meantime, ...
At the holy beach
... People that take beach vacation would rather remain undisturbed in their paradise bubble.
If one has no interest in meeting the people of the country one visits one then degrades the locals to servants. Since the times of colonization we share a long and painful history with the people of India and many other poor countries. Often I notice in myself feelings of guilt and shame arising, when I see in other tourists this kind of mentality: “I have earned ...
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