Weekend at Wayanad, Kerala
Two weekends ago, I went to the district of Wayanad in the state of Kerala. It was with mostly friends from work who are part of AOL India’s photography club Shutterbugs. We left one Friday night from...
View ArticleKerala 2009: Vembanad Lake, Kumarakom
Date: 28th August 2009 Though the main purpose of this trip was to attend a friend’s wedding, as always, being an out-of-town wedding, I’d use the opportunity to travel around. This time, it was a...
View ArticleKerala 2009: Thekkady, Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary
Date: August 31st, 2009 This is in continuation of a travel series that began in Kumarakom. To recap, we had gone to Kottayam for a friend’s wedding and after another friend, Ramesh, joined us in the...
View ArticleKerala 2009: A day in Cochin – Fort Kochi, Jew Town, Vypin island
We began our day in hilly Thekkady and by nightfall we were in Ernakulam city. We took a rickshaw to Fort Kochi, and once there we took a room at Sonnetta Residency. Date: September 1st, 2009 The next...
View ArticleCalicut, Kerala: Beypore and Kappad beach
Date: January 2007 This trip was when I went one weekend to attend my friend Azhad’s wedding in Kozhikode (Calicut). He lived close to Beypore beach, so the day I arrived, we drove straight to the...
View ArticleMy hometown of Kannur: The beaches, St. Angelo’s Fort, and more
This is the last post from my travel archives. After all the posts I’ve written about my travels within India and abroad, it’s only befitting I write about my hometown. Although I was raised in Bahrain...
View ArticleA day visit to Bekal Fort and Bekal beach
Date: February 2nd, 2014 Done with my Philippines series, I had no other trip report to write about after that. Being in Kannur, I had always wanted to go to Bekal Fort in Kasarkode district, north of...
View ArticleKannur’s famous Peralassery Subramania temple – the largest step well in Kerala
Follow Sri Subramanya Temple in Peralassery in Kannur district is home to the largest step well in Kerala. Located 14 km from Kannur town, it is located in the neighbourhood of Peralassery, just metres...
View ArticleKannur’s Mappila Bay – Ayikkara beach, more a fish market than a ‘beach’
Follow I’ve been meaning to visit Ayikkara for a while now. It’s a harbour and one of the main fishing ports in Kannur district. Fishing boats bring in their daily catch and often the fishermen sell...
View ArticleGetting to Munnar – Train ride from Kannur and KSRTC bus from Aluva
Follow Date: March 11, 2018 I’ve been meaning to visit Munnar for quite some time. Although I’d been to Periyar back in 2009, I didn’t have the chance to visit the more popular town of Munnar, even...
View ArticleDTPC Munnar day tour: Mattupetty dam, Echo point, Kundala dam – Part 1
Follow Date: March 12, 2018 After arriving in Munnar yesterday, we all woke up early to have our breakfast and then head to DTPC‘s office for our full day tour. DTPC is the District Tourism Promotion...
View ArticleDTPC Munnar day tour: Top station, Flower Garden, Spice Garden – Part 2
Follow Date: March 12, 2018 See the previous post for stops at Mattupetty dam, Echo point and Kundala dam. Our tour continued with the next stop being Top Station — basically a great viewpoint. But we...
View ArticleFort Kochi 2018: St. Francis Church, Jew Town and Mattancherry
Follow Date: March 14, 2018 This was our last day in Kochi. After breakfast, we set out early to take the ferry to Fort Kochi. We took an auto rickshaw from our hotel to the Ernakulam boat jetty. One...
View ArticlePalakkayam Thattu – the second highest viewpoint in Kannur
Follow Date: 21 December 2019 I had been longing to visit Paithalmala, the highest peak in Kannur, for quite some time. But one of my cousins told me that there is another hilltop destination that is...
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