Who Wants a free trip around Kerala in South West India next year? Love travel - Love food - Love meeting people and love sharing it on social media? This could be for you... This time last year I came across a competition for bloggers - an opportunity to spend three weeks traveling in God's Own Country Kerala the South West India. I applied in December and on 21 February was told I had a place - and the trip was only weeks away. So if … [Read more...]
Head for the Hills in Kerala for a Cool Break
Kerala in South West India is tropical – humid and hot with all the wonderful things that means – coconuts, tropical fruit, houseboats and loose clothes. But both locals and visitors relish a trip to the hill stations for a break from the heat. If you are planning a trip to Kerala make sure you make time to head for the hills. It is not cold, just a pleasant relief from the relentless humid heat of the backwaters. First stop is Thekkady - the … [Read more...]
10 Things about Bloggers…
I have just traveled 2100 kms from one end of Kerala (south west India) to the other with 30 bloggers from 21 countries. Most of them were half my age, all of them passionate about travel writing and photography, and also trying to make an income from this. We were selected from 700 applicants to be part of #KeralaBlogExpress. It was an amazing experience, and here is what I learnt about Bloggers in that process. … [Read more...]
Spice Village – an Organic Ecotourism Resort
A room key in recycled newspaper was a signal this was going to be different to the last experience on #keralablogexpress where I stayed in the presidential suite with my own infinity pool. This is an ecostay experience - no show of elephants and drums here at Spice Village. … [Read more...]
Bloggers Adrift in the Kerala Backwaters
Lakes and Lagoons are hosting the 30 bloggers on the #keralablogexpress on an overnight houseboat trip in the Kerala Backwaters in India where 900 kms of waterways link 44 rivers and 34 lakes forming a highway transporting rice and people about their daily business and of course visitors like us. Womentravel is there. … [Read more...]
Arriving in Kerala
Arriving in Kerala - a small miracle with Singapore Airlines, arriving in my first airbnb homestay Saatwika and a visit to Veli Beach - did I way it was hot? … [Read more...]
Kerala Here I Come
Rosemary Neave is off to Kerala - she writes: Women Travel is off to the coastal state of Kerala in South West India for three weeks. I am part of the second #KeralaBlogExpress in which Kerala Tourism gathers a busload of bloggers from all over the world, sets them up with wifi and takes them on a tour around what is known as God's Own Country. … [Read more...]
