Kollam Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Hej Hej I Kollam kunne vi fejrer maanedsdag med laekker kage :) Da det var alt for varmt at sove paa det foerste hotelvaerelse skiftede vi hotel.. saa i en by naede vi at sove paa to hoteller. Selvom det var en vaerre flytten frem og tilbage hjalp det, saa vi kunne faa sovet ordentligt. Onsdag var vi paa kanotur. Vi sad 11 mennesker i en kano og...

We boarded the public boat from Kollam headed for Alleppey yesterday morning. This is a scenic boat trip along the major "highway" of the backwaters' canal system and a nice change of pace from rail travel. At about the halfway point on the 8 hour journey to Alleppey, we spontaneously decided to disembark at the ashram of Matha Amrithanandamayi,...

We caught a train from Chennai to Kollam where we hired a houseboat on the Kerala backwaters. We had to catch a smaller longboat to cruise around Munroe island, where our guide Sudersan gave us a mini spice tour (in his back garden!!), and showed us some of the smaller backwater canals which were absolutely stunning. Absolutely beautiful and one...

Unfortunetely my cameras memorycard just stopped working the other day, which means that all the 900 pictures I've taken so far are all lost. Luckely Julie has taken pictures of many of the same things and I got a copy of here pictures. Nevertheless It isn't quite the same, and since I spent the last week traveling in Kerala without here, there ...

We left Varkala with a heavy heart but were excitied as we were heading off to do the Backwaters between Kollam - Alleppey . We headed off around 7am and caught the 8.30am train to Kollam from there it was just a quick ricksaw to the boat jetty . When we arrived it was quite strange to see a boat load of westerners and only three Indians we were...