Varkala Resorts - Reviews and Rates

This is where the 'basic blogging' starts I'm afraid, less descriptive, more informative and probably not half as interesting to read. Aplogies to any disgruntled readers x

Another good quality overnight train, this time we'd travelled in a much phased out 1st class non air conditioned carriage which gave us a lockable compartment all to ...

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Having spend 4 days in Varkala, I must say that it is really a nice place to chillout, eat and shop. The chillout part might only go for low season, which I had the luck to stay. I can imagine that in high season I would not like it that much, because it might be just like any of the european party islands in high sea...

Hello all from sunny Varkala! i have moved quite a bit since i last wrote, when i last left you we were going to the Dudhsgar falls in Goa and we saw a million monkeys, they were so funny and oddly enough don't like strawberries! Anyway the pics are on facebook and they are very cute! We then decided to move to Southern Goa to Palolem, it's reno...

After a nightmarish train journey (10:30am til 2:30am urggghhh) characterised by sore bottoms from sitting too much, sore eyes from reading too much, and feeling very very grumpy, we finally arrived in Varkala. We quickly realised that arriving in the middle of the night was not ideal, as everything closes fairly early and India is difficult eno...

It would appear the idea of staying at the Government Guest House at Varkala has proved not to be one of my most inspired plans. Yesterday was our second day and we were invited by the manager to have an evening meal which was to be prepared by his staff...The meal was fine although Maire did not feel able to do any more than pick at the boiled ...

Varkala was a fly by visit. The beach and sunset were gorgeous and even though I was dying for the loo I really enjoyed the bumpy bus ride through the sun dappled streets. We just took a long walk up the coast and caught the train at 2am to Madurai!