Guesthouse Varkala

... strength. I later found out that it is one of the most dangerous beaches in India. We stayed at a friend of a friend's guesthouse. Really nice room only a two minute walk to the beach. Katelin and her husband are from the States, they got married and ...

... ! As you can see, our plan to leave Varkala was foiled, due to us finding a place just around the corner from our guesthouse called Silver Estate, which has one of the most talented cooks we have yet to come across in India.  So our last evening ...

... "Ocean view", which we chose mainly for the free WiFi it offered (as opposed to the view....of the road and another guesthouse). The conversation went a bit like this: Bernie: so whats the code for the WiFi Guesthouse man: err....yes....wifi. No code, ...

Com vaig prometre'm, passo un parell de dies fruint de les aigues no gaire transparents i fredes del mar d'Arabia i de les maginifiques possibilitats gastronomiques de la regio. La camera de fotos tambe pren un petit descans. ...

... to close the door on his face. So, we moved to the same place Chris is in with a Keralan family in an unmarked guesthouse behind the Sunset Restaurant and down an alleyway where the Namaste sign is. We can hear the ocean from our room. Next ...

... and then Odayam which is further north again and the beaches get quieter and quieter the further north you head. We checked into the guesthouse that Sheeba from Fort Cochin had put us in touch with and ended up with a huge double bedroom with a massive ...

It was so great to arrive in Varkala after melting our extremities off in Cochin! we were recommended the Mango Tree guesthouse by someone in Cochin and would highly recommend the place to other travellers; it's set back from the beach about 5 minutes so ...

... It was unbelievably exciting for us both to see such a lot of white people and tourism signs and we soon settled into a wonderful guesthouse just back from the beach. We spent the days relaxing on the beach, doing the whole romantic sunset thing and we ...

... of a party and crowds type then you better go in low season....plus then it's a lot cheaper. ----------------------- Meine 4 Tage in Varkala waren sehr relaxed. Nach einer nicht ganz so komfortablen Nacht im Zug von Madurai bin ich morgens um 8.30 Uhr in ...

... family (The whole scene of tea, cakes and best crockery reminded me so much of family visits in Ireland!) we were back at Varkala for a well earned rest. Yesterday afternoon (Monday) Rafi turned up at our apartment with his young fiancé in his taxi to ...

... beach resort was the order of the day. We found a guest house called 'Divine Bliss' which seemed rather apt in the circumstances! Varkala is a lovely stretch of sandy coastline with an array of shops set up on the cliff path above but it has become rather ...

... my leg for the whole ride. We finally got to the beach, I was a bit exasperated, and we had a difficult time finding a guesthouse that had rooms available (it is high season here).  We finally settled on this place off the beach that had an elephant ...

... - this was another dirty outhouse experience this time with no shower attached, so after the very unrelaxing experience, I stumbled back to my guesthouse dripping in oil (all over my clothes) and waited until they heated up some water in a bucket for me - ...

... Varkala as well, So I teamed up with them for the trip. And then searched the town with two girls for a decent guesthouse. I ended up splurging a little and staying in a place that looks out over a large garden, complete with palmtrees and hammocks. then ...

... 'Fast Passenger Bus' weiter, was bedeutete dass die Fahrt ziemlich kurz sein wuerde. Einer der Leute aus dem Guesthouse hatte uns die Umsteigestadt 'Kallampalam' in Landessprache aufgeschrieben und so hofften wir, dass alles reibungslos abgehen wuerde. ...

... city that has seen too much tourism. Between the overpriced rickshaws trying to earn commission with every ride and so many corrupt guesthouse owners, we didn't want to stay long. We found an overpriced room with "a view" of the glorious Taj Mahal from ...

... Patrick that I met while traveling in Hampi.  He had a free place for me to stay... as him and a friend lived in a guesthouse there for 6 months... and his friend was traveling while I would be there so one of the rooms was empty.  Anyway... I ...

... as we chat with a couple from London. Later Christmas Eve is spent eating in the Italian restaurant attached to our guesthouse - Christmas lanturns, candles, and Eastern-Western fusion music make for a great atmposhere. The food here is good, ...

... restaurants on the cliffside overlooking the beach. Helen was staying at a chilled place called Shiva Garden near another guesthouse/ restaurant called Johnny Cool with a good garden space. Mahashivaratri Festival or the 'The Night of Shiva' is ...