Kerala holiday


Videos of Kalaripayattu – the marital art form of Kerala

Kalaripayattu is a 3000 year old martial arts that is said to have originated in South India. Kerala is considered to be a stronghold of this form of martial art. Naturally then, upon reading about the show in Munnar, we were excited and eager. Our hotel arranged the tickets for […]

Videos of Kalaripayattu -- Martial Art of Kerala, India

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

Hotel Review -- The Fog in Munnar, Kerala

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 […]


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 […]

Things to do in Munnar, Kerala