On Day 54 (Mon 17 Oct) of our travels we departed Goa and headed to Kerala further south. Goa was good but that was mainly to do with our hotel which Carolyn managed to get for 1/2 price. A pool, brekkie, peace and quiet, kingsize bed for under $55 per night. As I said in an earlier posting the beaches are largely unappealing and full of pervy Indian men checking out the western women - you can imagine my reaction to that.
That said we had a great time including me guiding a motor scooter on a 4 lane highway with no helmets, no insurance, Carolyn on the back and the mad Indian drivers! Our travel insurance didn't cover this either I later found out! I was fine until we hit a huge roundabout where there are no rules - you just go! Great fun.
We arrived in Trivandrum southern Kerala and again Carolyn score well with the hotel - close to half price I'm not a tight arse I promise) and in a good location in the town. Trivandrum whilst not a tourist mecca is very pleasant and the people super friendly and no hassling to but or get in a taxi or tuk tuk. People say hello and excuse me and if you need help won't then ask you to visit their brother's silk emporium.
We are now in Kovasam just south of Trivandrum and it's a beach town - the beach and water are clean although the sand is dark - not dirt just volcanic. We've both swam and the waves are good. All the restaurants arre on the beach and we had a huge feed of Tiger prawns cooked in a Tandoor oven last night. Very tasty - still no meat though! On the subject of food our hotel in Trivandrum ($40 per night) had over 35 chices for its buffet plus 4 desserts and 3 flavours of ice cream all for $8 per head. What a bargain! (ok I watch the pennies a bit)
We are here for another day before heading north to go on a houseboat for a night on the backwaters. It's supposed to be a highlight of a trip to India - we'll see.
Monday we go to Sri Lanka for 16 days and then start of think of home.
Before signing off I have started some list of best foods, one-liners from our travels and some travel tips. I'll put them in separate postings closer to the end of our trip.
I'm off for another body surf - see ya!
That said we had a great time including me guiding a motor scooter on a 4 lane highway with no helmets, no insurance, Carolyn on the back and the mad Indian drivers! Our travel insurance didn't cover this either I later found out! I was fine until we hit a huge roundabout where there are no rules - you just go! Great fun.
We arrived in Trivandrum southern Kerala and again Carolyn score well with the hotel - close to half price I'm not a tight arse I promise) and in a good location in the town. Trivandrum whilst not a tourist mecca is very pleasant and the people super friendly and no hassling to but or get in a taxi or tuk tuk. People say hello and excuse me and if you need help won't then ask you to visit their brother's silk emporium.
We are now in Kovasam just south of Trivandrum and it's a beach town - the beach and water are clean although the sand is dark - not dirt just volcanic. We've both swam and the waves are good. All the restaurants arre on the beach and we had a huge feed of Tiger prawns cooked in a Tandoor oven last night. Very tasty - still no meat though! On the subject of food our hotel in Trivandrum ($40 per night) had over 35 chices for its buffet plus 4 desserts and 3 flavours of ice cream all for $8 per head. What a bargain! (ok I watch the pennies a bit)
We are here for another day before heading north to go on a houseboat for a night on the backwaters. It's supposed to be a highlight of a trip to India - we'll see.
Monday we go to Sri Lanka for 16 days and then start of think of home.
Before signing off I have started some list of best foods, one-liners from our travels and some travel tips. I'll put them in separate postings closer to the end of our trip.
I'm off for another body surf - see ya!
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