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… →
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… →
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 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… →
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… →
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… →
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… →
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… →