The restaurant we went to didn't have a licence to serve alcohol- thus Chris had his beer in a mug so it looked like coffee!!

Finally we have arrived in India after 27 hours non-stop-travelling.

Locals

Our second flight to Trivadrum we can barely remember as we slept solidly the whole way; fast asleep before we even set off!

Early evening walk

A big bird

To try and stay awake for as long as possible we decided to go exploring after checking out our new hotel and found a lovely little veggie restaurant after having a couple of drinks

our hotel room in kovalum

view from our hotel

our bacony in kovalum

before sleep…

written by  chrischarly on November 8, 2010 from Thiruvananthapuram, India
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Fishermen

After falling asleep at around 11pm last night; 15 hours later we woke up feeling rubbish as the jet lag has definitely sank in.

Pretty butterfly

Gorgeous secluded beach

By the time we left our hotel it was gone 3pm and the day was almost over . However we still made the most of it enjoying fantastic Indian weather but before we knew it it was 2am and well past bed time.

written by  chrischarly on November 9, 2010 from Kovalam, India
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Our delhi friends

The beach front

Check out the hair!

Again we over-slept as it had taken hours to finally drift off, but we still had an amazing day exploring Kerola by rock climbing to discover some hidden secluded beaches.

More amzing views

Chris

the beach

At around 3pm we took a walk up to a lighthouse and climbed to the top to see some breath-taking views.

Lighthouse

The millions of stairs we climbed

The term and conditions

2 temples

Lovin' the lighthouse

Amazing viwe of Kovalum

By the evening we were exhausted and enjoyed a quiet dinner along the coast starving due to having too much fun to eat!!

written by  chrischarly on November 10, 2010 from Kovalam, India
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me eating the true indian way

Today we ate in the true Indian way enjoying a typical local dish ‘thali’ however; I later didn’t find it funny when I chewed on 2 green chillies!! Chris however thought it was hilarious…

a lovely sunset

beautiful sunset

kovalam beach

another picture of the lions

lion

male lion

2 lions

a lioness

This morning we went on a guided tour around Kovalum. However the guide barely spoke any English so the tour didn’t exactly happen, he also got lost many times and tried taking us to the most expensive places so we think he was on commission.

crammed like sardines on a bus

the lake we went on

the dam

beautiful scenery

So we ended up finding our own tour for the fraction of the Price and just using him as a driver and left him sulking in the car.

amazing views again

standing at the back of the boat

more beautiful views

on the boat

chris seriously unimpressed with having to wear a life jacket!

the crocodiles right by our feet !!!!!

However, we did have a good day going on a small boat tour, to a lion park, a crocodile rehabilitation centre where we went inside the actual enclosure with them, a deer Sanctuary which unfortunately didn’t seem to have any deer in and experiencing our first yet very claustrophobic Indian bus journey.

written by  chrischarly on November 12, 2010 from Neyyur, India
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the train we went on

chris busy working

Deciding that we’ve probably seen and made the most of what is on offer in Kovalum we packed our bags and made our way to Varkala on the train. It was certainly an experience this time travelling 2nd class, but to be honest we enjoyed it, for just 42p per ticket it was a bargain.

crammed on 2nd class

sitting on our balcony

When we arrived, after some serious haggling by Chris we managed to get a 2-bedroomed air conditioned cottage for just £5.63 a night! That’s a 10th of the Price of what another couple has just paid, admittedly in a slightly nicer room. As usual we’ve landed on our feet!!

written by  chrischarly on November 13, 2010 from Varkkallai, India
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the view from where we're staying

the north cliff

Today we had a lovely walk exploring Varkala. We are right on top of a Cliff over-looking the beach and it is simply beautiful!

Chris drenched by the rain

drenched by the rain storm

Chris actually managed to haggle further with the manager of the resort we’re staying in as we love it here so much. So we’ve extended our stay to 5 nights and are now paying £4.79 a night, although it does make me cringe when Chris starts bartering.

written by  chrischarly on November 14, 2010 from Varkkallai, India
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chris in our rick-shaw

In the search to find somewhere to post a package we managed to go exploring Varkala twice in one day, travelling using the local transport an auto-rickshaw.

our rickshaw driver

over-taking a rick-shaw

Although no one in India has any knowledge of the highway code it was great fun!

written by  chrischarly on November 15, 2010 from Varkkallai, India
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