Bengalore has a very different feel from all our other stops on this trip. It has a cosmopolitan ingredient added … Continue reading Bangaluru

A southern India highlight, seat of the Wodeyar dynasty (1399 until Independence until 1947). The city is well-known for its … Continue reading Mysuru (Mysore)

Whispering Willows (outside Gudalur, beside Mudhumalai National Park, one and a half bus trip north of Ooty! ) is managed … Continue reading Cooling our heels at Whispering Willows Plantation

We’re still pretty south but after some ‘beach time’ we head inland by bus into the Western Ghat mountain area, … Continue reading Inland from Kochi: Western Ghats

Last coffee in colonial Pondi – Baker street Cafe…train to Thanjavur (Tanjore) Impressed with disabled terminology if not the state … Continue reading Temple ‘Towns’ – south Tamil Nadu

The principle attraction for outsiders of this community of 3000 is this spiritual epicentre – the Matrimandir. It took 37 … Continue reading An Auroville Experience

We fly east… Seven hour layover in Reykjavik you meet up with some pretty amazing locals. Our trip – Toronto … Continue reading Southern India – the Journey Begins

As the next train heading south to our preferred destination was not available for six days we decided to a … Continue reading Side Trips from Pondi