Catching some morning light on the Cherai Lagoon

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…

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…