After leaving Trivandrum, we headed inland to get up (very) close with lions…
…across Neyyar Dam to find some reptiles…
…north a bit to hop on a ride with Duba the elephant..
…finally ending up at Quilon, a town at the southern end of the main section of the Keralan backwaters.
You might notice that our homestead for the night had a curious statue in the garden.
Sorry… this is a bit chronologically disjointed, but we were a bit lazy when we got back from travelling around India, so now I’m trying to catch up.
We started May by flying down to the very south-west of India, a state called Kerala, and hitting the beaches immediately.
Our first port of call was the very laid back ‘Coconut Bay’ hotel. Yes it was on a bay, and they had coconuts, but it more than lived up to all the Keralan beach resort clichés.
It’s only a few hours away from Nashik, but as you can imagine, we immediately got into the holiday state of mind – (sans jetlag!) – to the sounds of birds, palm trees, and crashing waves. Paradise!
Jex had an Indo-Italian 6th bday at the local Little Italy next to Sula complete with a racetrack birthday cake. Cool.
Back in May we had a glorious two weeks hanging out in Goa and Kerala. Check out some of the pics that require very little explanation.
and another …. recognise the location?
The Indian train experience coming up -
My babes – on-the-road travel got a little too much for them.
