Finally. The main reason that we came to India, and the main reason for Goa. This is why our little basement suite was near nothing walkable. Because it was near Rita’s. Day 1: Introductions Our time cooking always started with a casual conversation with Rita’s husband, Sanjay. He scoped us out for what we knew …
Any Keralan will tell you about the Alleppy backwaters if you let them know your headed to their province. We had heard so much about this landscape, but very little about what it was. So we headed back down to the coast to check it out. Our journey from Thekkady was quite a pleasant one. …
No tigers. We went with a hope, but the park office is very quick to dampen expectations. There’s maybe three sightings a year. But there are a lot of other animals to watch out for in the national park! We gave it two shots to look for tigers. We would settle for elephants. Birds are …
Our final Western Ghat mountain town was a wonderful home base for four days. Here we settled into somewhat of a routine. A walk around the town or National Park (See Periyar National Park blog) during the day, and dinner and a show in the evening. Thekkady was nice. Our homestay was up in the …
A long time ago, back when this trip was still an idea, we stumbled upon a small homestay in the middle of Kerala’s Western Ghat mountains. Spice buds! The simple name stuck out to us, and for the next year, we hyped ourselves up for our eventual visit to Spice Buds, the massive acreage of …
In the south of India lies a small mountain range, the Western Ghats, which we got to explore for a few days. The roads here are windy and convoluted. Buses, cars, rickshaws and bikes all compete with each other for the small bit of road space, honking before passing, and giving right of way to …
It’s a new chapter for us now, and a new section of the world. South Asia, or more specifically India. We arrived near midnight after a long day at the DMK Bangkok airport. The arrival was quite lovely. Even before we got on the plane, a native Malayali on the flight with us were making …
Coming from almost 6 months South America, we were ready for a whole different side of the world. And that’s what we got, but it wasn’t all that was imagined for us. There’s really two tales here, the first being Vietnam, and the second being everywhere else. So lets talk about Vietnam, where we spent …
A couple years ago, Graham and I went to Victoria and had one of the best meals of our lives. We went to a restaurant called Bahn Thai, which was recommended to us by and older couple we had met hiking the day prior. It was the most flavourful meal I have ever had. Since …
Its real easy to get used to luxury. We just came from a gift card stay at the Koh Samui Ritz. So when we got to our little mattress on the floor AC-less room in Koh Phangan, it took a bit of getting used too. Its not too bad though, just hot during the day. …