Bali Hai?
Bali – the word conjures up images of white sand and turquoise water. Volcanoes and rice terraces. Tropical flowers and palm trees. Or it did for me. The reality is More… →
Tag Archives: beach
New Year in Kovalam
We stayed in Kovalam for New Year. We knew from a visit in 2003 what was likely to happen and sure enough we saw the signs of impending mayhem. Tall More… →
Christmas Spirits
Christmas in Kovalam: Wednesday 25th December 2013 It’s been an unusual Christmas Day, so far. I wouldn’t normally get up at 06:30, much less go for a 2 hour walk More… →
Varkala
We’d been to Varkala before, about 8 years ago. That time we stayed in some circular huts with leaky roofs on the hillside, down at the end of the valley More… →
By Kannur beach
The owner of the Sea Shell resort had arranged for a tuk tuk driver to meet us at the railway station – it’s a tight squeeze in a tuk tuk More… →
Life’s a Beach
Now that our days are not punctuated by visits to the dentist, we have fallen into a kind of routine. Up early, before 7:00am sometimes, throw on some clothes and More… →
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans” – John Lennon
Well, suggesting that nothing of note would happen for the rest of our stay in Patnem was obviously tempting fate. Back on the beach later on Tuesday we chose fruit, More… →