Yearly Archives: 2016


Do-Not-Miss Restaurants of Kochi, Kerala

Well, the disclaimer first. This is not an exhaustive list, since we have never been in Kochi long enough to dine at every good restaurant. But should you be there for a day or two, this list will certainly help you make up your mind if you too are a […]


Shopping in Kerala

Shopping in Kerala (India)

Ah! How well prepared we go for this! Every time. Shopping. It’s with a missionaries’ zeal that we like to bring back local items, handicrafts, food items, every day things for the house or things for the garden from any new place, state or country. Upon finalising our Kerala roadtrip, […]


Houseboat cruise in the backwaters of Kerala, India

We had been on the houseboat cruise in Kerala’s famed backwaters before. That was in June 2007. We had set out from Kumarakom early one morning, docked for the night by a deserted strip of land, in the middle of almost nowhere, surrounded by water, reassured by the lapping of […]

Houseboat cruise in the backwaters of Kerala, India

Bungalows in Bandra, a fast disappearing heritage

Bandra’s Bungalows, a fast-disappearing heritage

Tucked inside the little lanes of Bandra are these old gems — one little cosy, charming bungalow after every 2-3 concrete highrise. Still standing amidst trees as old as them or perhaps, older, these bungalows are a silent testimony of the times that we have lost to ‘development/concretisation’. We looked […]


Staying at the Fog in Munnar, Kerala

We decided to stay at The Fog in Munnar, only because it was some 10 kms away (before) from Munnar town, which we knew would be terribly crowded and polluted. Villa houses turned into a sort of resort, The Fog is located amidst spice farms, in a complete no-commercial zone. Thankfully […]

Hotel Review -- The Fog in Munnar, Kerala

Things to do in Munnar, Kerala

Things to do in Munnar, Kerala

Munnar, our first stop in our Kerala roadtrip, was to be a quiet retreat. It had been four months since our last holiday, and this, was our escape after all those months of mundane toil. Accordingly, we shunned the beaten track and went in for some soul-satisfying sorties here and […]


A Kerala Roadtrip to Discover God’s Own Country

It has been long that we have been hooked on to roadtrips. Despite going on roadtrips to many countries around the world, the hunger seems to be only increasing…The last proper roadtrip was in Sri Lanka during the Christmas holidays of 2015 (Read: A Sri Lanka Roadtrip). In Austria this […]

Houseboat cruise in the backwaters of Kerala, India

Must-Eat Dishes and Drinks when in Austria

Do-Not-Miss Restaurants of Austria

In this post, we will talk about the do-not-miss restaurants of Austria. For, we went to them and fell in love with them! Not only for their food, but also for their location. Imagine eating fish while looking down into the entire Hallstat town and lake. Such and more such, […]