Driving down NH 17 from Kozhikode towards Kochi, Kerala unfurled all its natural hues. The flaming gulmohars in bloom seemed just that shade brighter, coconut trees and paddy fields again a wee bit greener…this is a landscape awash with colors of nature. So driving into the lime washed white walls and sloping tile roof of [...]
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Notes from Kerala II
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Kerala Notes – I
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The fact that Kerala has revolutionized the way tourism in India should be run is no secret. There are many reasons for National Geographic featuring the state as one of the 50 ‘must experience’ in one’s lifetime. Culture is one of its USPs. Its rich history with European, Arab, Jew, South East Asian and Chinese [...]