The southern state of Kerala is a land truly blessed by nature. Kerala has enchanting mountains, pristine rainforests, golden sun-sand beaches and unique backwaters that hold their own even in the face of fast developing towns and cities. The coconut palms (that give the state its name) are every... Read More
By : Karthik 65,701 views Comments : 50 
Finally, after planning for almost 4 years, we made it to Munnar. One thing that I searched for before this trip was a description about the route (fast and best). Though I found the information in bits and pieces, it was not a holistic one. This is ...
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By : philipmathai 47,305 views Comments : 27 
Palakkad is an important Rubber growing district of Kerala. Karimba a village in Palakkad is famous for Rubber Nursery Last year, when I was at Karimba village of Palakkad, I visited a Co-operative Rubber processing and marketing society there. I am...
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By : philipmathai 32,812 views Comments : 46 
On one cool morning last year, we some of the members of Marthoma Church, Karimba, gathered at the Parsonage. After coffee at 6 am we started for Palayur (an important pilgrimage center of Syrian Christians) in a hired Bus. Shortly before 8 am we rea...
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By : Patrick Jones 24,796 views Comments : 18 
Ever heard of ‘Godliness meter’? They have placed one such thing at the border where the train from Kerala crosses into Tamilnadu. Many Keralites have left for greener pastures over the last century; if the exodus was to the Far East in the begin...
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By : mrphirke 22,006 views Comments : 22 
Table of Contents :
Part 1 : Kumarkom - Backwaters n Houseboat
Part 2 : Munnar - Unspoilt Hill Station
It was beginning of April and our next sport was Munnar. From Kumarkom we traveled north till Thiruvankulam and then took right on NH 49 t...
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By : Karthik 18,050 views Comments : 19 
A dream come true. The planning of "Wayanad visit" started way back in 2006 and had been in "planning" stage until recently when the plan was converted to execution :-).
A conversation over the coffee table sparked off a 3-day vacation to the mist...
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By : Manish Khamesra 17,358 views Comments : 41 
Kerala backwater is a bewildering labyrinth of waterways, composed of lagoons, lakes, rivers, rivulets, canals, streams and salty seawater. This complex crisscrossing network of brackish lagoons and lakes lie parallel to the Arabian sea coast of the ...
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By : Karthik 16,909 views Comments : 12 
I was all excited when Jim called up and invited me for his wedding. 2 reasons.
1. Jim was getting married and
2. it was happening in Kerala, which meant that I had a chance to go to Kerala. I had been planning kerala tour for quite some time, but ...
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By : Manish Khamesra 15,129 views Comments : 47 
Lord Parshuram threw the axe
And the sea gave way to a strip of land
and thus formed the green Kaleidoscopic – God’s own country Kerala. Geographically Kerala is separated from rest of India by the massive Western Ghats and enjoys an extensive ...
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By : Manish Khamesra 13,524 views Comments : 36 
When we started our trip to the backwaters of Kerala, in all the travel books we had read, area around the backwaters was referred to as the “Venice of the East.” Till we reached Kollam and explored it, we were finding this comparison exaggerated...
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By : sudhir 13,435 views Comments : 11 
We were looking at options to celebrate our marriage anniversary and zeroed in on Wayanad. We were warned of the Kerala rains, but then we wanted the rains and it turned out to be real good. The two and a half days we spent there, the weather was pic...
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By : Mahesh Semwal 9,910 views Comments : 10 
Welcome to the God’ own Country – Kerala (India)
I was in Kochi from 19.08.09 to 24.08.09 to attend a conference in Hotel Le – Meriden. Morning to evening I had to be busy with the conference and time was a big constraint for me to explore ...
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By : philipmathai 9,718 views Comments : 19 
After retirement I moved from Calcutta to Palakkad. Now I am in Delhi. During the Last 20 years I have been to some of the Beautiful places in Palakkad District, there are numerous of them. During the last one year I have taken some photos of places ...
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By : Manish Khamesra 9,180 views Comments : 41 
Jungle attracts both Jaishree and me. Even during our non-holiday times we hear Jungle calling us. The images of wild terrain float in our eyes. This romance with Jungle and wild life started with our honeymoon in Bandipur. After that this affair is ...
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By : Manish Khamesra 9,164 views Comments : 23 
As we strolled in the market of Kumily, scent of freshly cut spices, sold in every nook and corner of this small town increased our urge to visit one of the many spice plantations on the outskirts. Our guided tour to the kingdom of spices offered us ...
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By : Manish Khamesra 8,683 views Comments : 44 
In my previous post, I wrote about our first day in Kollam without mentioning anything about the town itself. In this post I will start with a few lines on it before going into details of our second day. Kollam, pronounced as Koilam was previously kn...
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By : Karthik 8,464 views Comments : 5 
In my earlier post about Munnar, I had mentioned about the route to get to Munnar. This post is a continuation of the first one.
The name Munnar is believed to be derived from the Malayalam words Muunu (three) and aaru (river), referring to the town...
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By : Mahesh Semwal 7,793 views Comments : 8 
This is in continuation from my previous post.
23.08.09 (Fort Cochin)
The best way to explore the near by area of Fort Cochin is to take a ferry boat (Passenger Boat) from Boat Jetty - Marien Drive & get down at Fort Cochin. From there wal...
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By : Manisha Chitale 7,209 views Comments : 23 
It was a week long escape to Kerala- God’s own country. The green and cozy-lazy Kochin, lush beauty of Munnar, expanse of Periyar and finally a trip along the waterways. Nothing more we could ask for.
Yes indeed Kerala is beautiful with loa...
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By : Gita AM 6,779 views Comments : 14 
Marayoor is a very small taluka town about 40km N of Munnar on the Munnar - Udumalpet road. It’s claim to fame is as a major prehistoric site where dolmens and cave paintings have been discovered. Marayoor is also known for its delicious jagger...
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By : mrphirke 6,426 views Comments : 14 
Table of Contents :
Part 1 : Kumarkom - Backwaters n Houseboat
Part 2 : Munnar - Unspoilt Hill Station
It had been a while and I had been yearning for an summer trip. I decided to visit God's own country (Created by Lord Parashurama by thr...
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By : backpakker 4,776 views Comments : 12 
We had just set foot in God’s own country, in search of that elusive stuff called peace. It had rained just then. The sheer collage of colors blinded us – a natural mosaic of greens, yellows and browns which merged into a beautiful pattern. Even ...
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By : Gita AM 4,504 views Comments : 17 
Kerala has more than its fair share of wildlife sanctuaries and national parks in the Western Ghats. Of these, the Periyar Tiger Reserve at Thekkady [Kumily] is the most visited. It is our favourite wildlife reserve simply because we have always ...
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By : Jerry Jaleel 3,826 views Comments : 5 
I wanted to see and photograph the elusive mountain goat known as Nilgiri Tahr for some time, and grabbed the opportunity three years ago when I traveled to Kerala with my brother. It was a long flight from Canada, via London and Dubai and landed in ...
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By : jaykakarla 3,700 views Comments : 12 
Haven’t you heard this somewhere? Yes, you are right. It is the famous book by Alexander Frater. Suddenly, one day, I decided to experience what he had felt, in a smaller way and write about it, though my writing skills do not match his. I got the ...
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