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Chris and Charly's Indian Odyssey
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chrischarly
Our special tour of India
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Our odyssey begins with 26 hrs travel
Heathrow
,
United Kingdom
Indian efficiency started at
Heathrow
as Jet Airways called Flight Closing and we arrive to a queue of 200 passengers. In the rush we forgot to get suncream, oh bugger - bring on the burn !
Our Boeing 777 to Mumbai
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Nice flight, shame about the next 11 hours in Mumbai airport
Mumbai
,
India
The hours are slowly going by but at least I managed to get free Wifi.
Charly resting in Mumbai airport
Mumbai Domestic Terminal at 5am
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Finally in Thiruvananthapuram!!
Thiruvananthapuram
,
India
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…
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Thiruvananthapuram
,
India
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Jet-lag...
Kovalam
,
India
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.
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on November 9, 2010
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Kovalam
,
India
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A day of exploring
Kovalam
,
India
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!!
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on November 10, 2010
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Kovalam
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India
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Chillies...
Kovalam
,
India
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
but a walk along the beach soon made up for things later.
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on November 11, 2010
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Tour around Kovalum
Neyyur
,
India
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.
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on November 12, 2010
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India
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Moving on...
Varkkallai
,
India
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!!
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on November 13, 2010
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Varkkallai
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India
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£4.79 per night!
Varkkallai
,
India
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.
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on November 14, 2010
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Varkkallai
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India
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A tour around Varkala
Varkkallai
,
India
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!
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on November 15, 2010
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Varkkallai
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India
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