Taj Malabar Cochin

... too bored! So, I've just moved over to another island, Willingdon, in order to have my pre-30th birthday treat at the Taj Malabar. I'll be by the infinity pool if anyone needs me.....(Yes, I know I'm cheating -this place is sooooo not ...

... in 1568 when Jewish spice traders set up businesses in this small outpost of the Jewish world on the South Indian Malabar coast. The synagogue sparkles with colorful Indian chandeliers and green and red glass candleholders that swing from the ceiling ...

... pay plenty to the future husband family. But she can continue to work and would like to be a nurse. We left Joseph at the Taj Malabar Hotel, where we were attended to very nicely thank you,for a beer and small spicy prawns. Then a gentle stroll back to ...

... our Holi Festival today but never mind these kids and their excitement helped us forgetting everything) By 4:30 we were back into the Taj Malabar and supposed to get ready by 7: 00 to leave for Gundu Island for formally getting our awards. It was truly ...

... next entry to come in a few days - this one is already too long! So, first a few words on my journey from Cochin.   I left the Taj Malabar after a little luxury, not exactly with a spring in my step, more like a hobble. I had taken a tumble as I ...

... drive, because as usual, we could not resist exploring every interesting place en route. While walking alongside a cardamom grove, a Great Malabar Hornbill flew past our noses to park himself in a nearby tree. Red Whiskered bulbuls were everywhere. As we ...

Kerala was always going to be special. This state sits south of Goa off the Malabar coast.  Kerala became a major spice route in the colonial era starting with the Dutch East India Company and then the British East India Company.  The British ...