Where to eat in Varkala : – breakfast at Coffee Temple. Generous portion of homemade granola, the dirty chai and cardamom coffee are worth a try and the team has a very positive energy. – lunch at Darjeeling Café where you can enjoy delicious handmade momos (north indian steamed raviolis). If you’re lucky you might…
Chill out at Varkala (continued)
Basically, Varkala is a small town popping out of cliff on the Arabian Sea. It is very tourist friendly and also features a few local cafés, grocery stores and ayurvedic pharmacies. It is a rather recent touristic spot and has been developping over the past 20 years. It took over Kovalam which was the hippie…
Rainy season at Kovalam Beach
After a 30-mn bus ride from Trivandrum and a good walk, we passed by all ayurvedic resorts and restaurants to finally reach our hotel, the closest to the lighthouse. The smiling team of hour hotel at Kovalam beach upgraded us to a seaview room and it was an absolute delight to enjoy the view when…
Where to go : Kovalam Beach
Top places to go at Kovalam beach : – Palm Beach hotel for a salty Indian Breakfast. We tried banana uppma and appam with vegetable curry (see pictures below). – Kingfisher sea food corner for their amazing coconut naan and Kerala style fish. We tried fish molly and fish malabari and both were really…
Trivandrum : Kerala’s capital
We landed in Trivandrum and were instantly seduced by the green coconut tree jungle that takes over the whole landscape. We were also surprised to see many communist flags and later learnt that the national headquarters are based in the capital of Kerala. We took one bus from Trivandrum airport to the East Fort (the…
The Princess & The Backpacker
This is a modern Gen Y fairy tale. Once upon a time (when people would actually check time on clocks and not on their smartphones)… …a thousand miles away from the Eiffel Tower (okay maybe it was just a few kilometers), a Princess was born. Her father was the king of a far away country…
No Plan Is The Plan
Imagine life as an ocean… When you start progressing in life your parents take care of everything for you, to prevent you from drowning. Then you get into the education system which provides you with life jackets. You keep those same life jackets when you get on the boat of corporations and put all your…
Princess and Backpacker 