Watching Snake Boat Race in Kerala

Mar 192014
 
Watching Snake Boat Race in Kerala

Snake Boat Race at Ashtamudi Lake Backwaters Every where in Kerala we are greeted with big smiles and shown great hospitality. On our journey towards Kollam we stopped by at Welcome Group Hotel Raviz in the outskirts of Kollam. After a great welcome with trumpeting elephants and Kathakali dancers, we boarded their houseboat Fort Raviz where there team has spread a lavish buffet for us on the upper deck of the luxury houseboat. Our plan was to take a ride in the secluded backwaters of the magnificent Ashtamudi Lake. But it was our lucky day as the hotel has organized [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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An Old Portuguese Church in the backwaters of Champakulam Alleppey

Mar 172014
 
An Old Portuguese Church in the backwaters of Champakulam Alleppey

A Portuguese Church in the Backwaters of  Champakulam Alleppey We all know Vasco da Gama was the first recorded European to reach India, bypassing the red sea and Mediterranean, as he sailed around Africa, turned around from Cape of Good Hope and reached Kerala. Though his primary purpose was to find a safe route to India. The route from Red sea though short, had its own issues like high taxes by the countries on the way, passing desert, hiring about 2000 camels to carry the load ( more on this in a later post- how about subscribing by email to get [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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A day in Kerala: Sunrise to Sunset

Mar 142014
 
A day in Kerala: Sunrise to Sunset

Life is a beach: A day in Kerala We were so exited to explore life around our hotel, that me, Shawn and Emanuel decided to meet early morning and go to the beach on Poovar island where we were guests at Estuary Island. Emanuel was so excited that he was in hotel lobby a full hour ahead of the decided time. We crossed the estuary in a boat at reached the beach. But the hard working fishermen of Kerala have beaten us to the beach and they were busy pulling back their nets from the water. Nobody had time [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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desi In God’s Own Country: Kerala Blog Express

Mar 102014
 
desi In God's Own Country: Kerala Blog Express

First Blog post from Kerala: Ah! After months of waiting I am in Kerala, as part of Kerala Blog Express, a unique initiative by Kerala Tourism. As some of you would remember that I participated in Kerala Blog Express along with hundreds of other bloggers from around the world. Thanks to all the love and votes by readers of desi Traveler, here I am in the beautiful southern state of Kerala along with 25  top travel bloggers from around the world. I visited Kerala last time many many years ago and for some reason or other my next trip [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Women Entrepreneurs of India: Some Pictures from my travels

Mar 062014
 
Women Entrepreneurs of India: Some Pictures from my travels

Photographs of Women  Entrepreneurs of India Last year on International women’s day I wrote about some of the women travelers I have been fortunate to know and who inspire other women travelers both by the solo travel they do, as well as some of the tough adventure activities they engage in. You can read that post here. Women who travel and lead We all know about the top women executives of India Inc. the women who have broken the glass ceiling and raised the bar for men also. But there are millions of women across India who are CEOs of [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Eating Out: What is the last thing on a foodies mind ?

Mar 032014
 
Eating Out: What is the last thing on a foodies mind ?

What I don’t want to see when Eating Out What is the absolutely last thing you want to see in a restaurant? Lousy Food? Terrible Service? Loud guests on next table?  Or something else? Ponder while you read this post. I have seen a lot in restaurants both in India and during my travels to foreign lands.  One of the strangest experiences was in restroom of this Italian restaurant in Silicon Valley. As you got ready to…err do you business, you will hear word of the day sprouting from the speakers. So you got your little lesson in Italian [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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The Sounds of Great Britain

Feb 252014
 

  The Sounds of Great Britain: An Invitation to Visit Great Britain Whenever I visit any place I soak in the experience using all my senses, the sounds, sights, foods, smells and touch of the place. Every vibrant city has its own sounds, especially a world city like London in Great Britain, where the sounds are so exciting.  Today London and Great Britain is home to people from all parts of world and she also plays host to millions of visitors who come to see the many wonders on offer. Check this wonderful video which introduces  you to the [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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AVI’s The Great Hyderabad Street Food Breakfast Walkathan

Feb 242014
 
AVI's The Great Hyderabad Street Food Breakfast Walkathan

Breakfast Street Food Walk For Foodies In Old Hyderabad Today morning I went to Charminar in old Hyderabad as a foodie with other 100+ Foodies in Hyderabad for trying various street foods of Hyderabad.  Foodies in Hyderabad are one of the largest online communities of Foodies in Hyderabad and probably anywhere else. We discuss, debate, and celebrate only 3 things and that is Food, food and some more food. We had a food walkathon in the old city starting from the internationally world-famous Shadab Hotel and walking to try all the breakfast dishes served in the bylanes of Old [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Peerancheru Lake in Night

Feb 142014
 
Peerancheru Lake in Night

  Peerancheru Lake in Night Go and check out more Skywatch images at the Skywatch Site! Click here for day pictures of Peerancheru and PBEL City about hiking and birding.  Feel free to share with your friends and family.

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Eco Volunteer Training at Kulgi Nature Camp

Feb 092014
 
Eco Volunteer Training at Kulgi Nature Camp

Next Batch of Eco Volunteer Training by Karnataka Forest Department   Update: The next batch is in May 2015 and is at Bhadra Tiger Reserve, you can read details here: Eco Volunteer Training Programme May 2015 batch After I attended the first batch of Eco Volunteer Training at Bandipur, I wrote about the same at length on desi Traveler. Regularly I receive emails from readers about the next batch. So here are the details for the next batches  happening in February and March of 2014. There are 2 batches commencing one on 23rd Feb 2014 and another on 2nd [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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