This monsoon business is good for blogging, so should be bang up to date very soon. Kumily is the town where you stay when visiting Peryiar Wildlife Sanctuary. Paul has been before so we decided to do something a bit different. There are treks you can do inside the park but the only downside is getting teamed up with a group of people which is f...

In arranging this trip we built in a fair amount of slack when compared to most organised tours of India. As you know, some of us have never been much good at rushing from place to place and we were all keen to avoid spend hours each day in the car. It seems to have worked out okay as it's allowed us to organise random activities and even to spe...

Periyar National Park is based around a lake that was created when the British built a dam in the late 19th century. It's one of the most popular wildlife parks in India and theoretically has tigers, leopards and wild elephants roaming its grounds. Unfortunately, this week's daily downpours mean that there are now many decent water holes away fr...

Efter at have bumlet lidt mere i bil, ankom vi til Periyar Wildlife Park, tigeren og elefantens land. Det var et utroligt smukt sted, hvis ikke alle skyerne have vaeret der. For igen var regnen en smule til besvaer, min vi trodsede det daarlige vejr og tog ud for at se elefanter og tigere. Da dagen var slut kunne vi dog konkludere at vi hverken ...

Shalimar Spice Garden, Murukkady - Tuesday 10th April to Friday 13th April 2007 We had an amazing four hour drive up to the Western Ghats in order to experience some Keralan hill life. The drive took us via the backwaters and into the lush mountains, through spice and tea plantations. We arrived at our hotel, which was out of town set amongst Ca...