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Christmas in Kannur

Spending Christmas in An Apartment in Kannur Happy new year to all! We had an unusual Christmas this year spent in Kannur. Unusual because there was no family around and it was about 35 degrees and we did not have a Christmas dinner. On Christmas more »

beach outside Kannur in Kerala - Christmas in India

Christmas Eve, Kannur (Cannanore)

Christmas Eve in Kerala Hello everyone, happy Christmas! So, it is Christmas eve and we’re sitting in an apartment no less! We found this place online on Henry’s trusty new phone a couple of days ago when we were staying for the night in a more »

Kozihikode (Calicut)

Taking the Train from Thrissur to Calicut From Thrissur we booked a first class ticket to Kozihikode, also known as Calicut. The first class compartment, which we had to ourselves, was nice and clean but decidedly chilly so we spent a lot of the journey more »

Thrissur, Cockroaches and All…

None of the guides had very much to say about Thrissur so we did not know what to expect except there would not be many tourists and there were, as there are everywhere, plenty of temples to see. This is the main temple, thousands of more »

Two Indian ladies - No smiling in Indian portraits

Kollam

The Market Town Of Kollam Hi all, we’ve been having a little break from the blogging in the last few days but let me catch you up… We finally left Varkala last Sunday morning after a relaxing, holiday like stay. We had eaten in nearly all more »