Cherai Lagoon, Ernakulam District, Kerala Linking this post to the NF Meme– Catching the light You might also like (there are more pictures in this post): Cherai in the Monsoon…
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Catching a Chennai Sunset
A Chennai sunset Chennai is a city on the East Coast of India. The capital of the state of Tamilnadu, this city is usually a place to watch the sun…
Steeped in History, Royalty and Splendour
Lalitha Mahal Palace, Mysore (side view) I was wowed by it the first time I saw it. That was over a decade ago. I was in college and in the…
Cherai in the Monsoon
Cherai is a coastal area north of Kochi in Ernakulam, Kerala*. It sits on a barrier island called Vypin Island. We found ourselves in this seaside town in August and…
Shopping Guide: What to Buy in Guruvayur
Did you know that one of the things to do while visiting this famous Krishna temple is ‘shopping.? What to buy when you’re in Guruvayur >>
Home on the range*
Remember a time when a vacation meant travelling to Ooty? Or Mysore? To me, these were places I went to in between holidays, when I was still in school and…
Jain Temple: History in stone
A few kilometres away from Panamaram in Wayanad — on the Punchavayal-Neervaram route, to be more precise — lies this stone structure that stands testimony to Wayanad’s long standing relationship with Jainism. It…
Breathtaking ‘Gateway to Wayanad’
On the Western Ghats in southern India is a little green heaven called Wayanad. Cut out of the Northeastern part of Kerala, this district is one of the new hot-spots for travellers to South…
Chained here is a restless spirit
The Chain Tree in Wayanad is a stop for many a curious traveller on the Kozhikode-Wayanad* route. The chain hanging from it was not put there by accident neither was…
India through Tipsy from the trip
A few days back I was going through my old photographs with the intention of taking those hard copies and scanning them for preservation sake, when I came across some…