Category: India

My last full day in India. Ernakulam, Kerala. Coconut by the side of the road, veg rice dish , fancy room and then a “get back out and have another paratha Victoria”

Went for a wander round the tea plantations

A visit to a spice garden and a cooking class. Nutmeg, cloves, cocoa, coconuts, cardamon…

Hiking through the tea and spice plantations around Munnar

From Kattoor to Alleppey and from Alleppey to near Munnar

A day out touring Kerala on the back of a motorbike

Sunset on the secret beach

The deserted beach at the end of the lagoon….and Wolf Full Moon causing Pluto to leave Capricorn where it’s been since 2008…..

From Amma’s to Kattoor….easy pretty bus rides ending up in a hammock by a lagoon by a secret sandy deserted beach.

Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala.

Hugging Amma

From one ashram to another….

With a shipping spree at Pothy’s, Trivandrum on the way. A sweaty travel day arriving at Amritapuri Ashram at the end.

A silent sunrise walk by the lake, Sivananda Ashram, Kerala

A vow of silence, Sivananda Ashram, Kerala

Sivananda Ashram, Kerala

Beachtime. North Beach, Varkala, Kerala

Just a whole lot of chilling

Swim in the sea, walk along the beach, breakfast out, reading, crocheting, podcasting. Delicious vegetable curry at the guest house, chats with the Italian / British couple, a drink along the beach. Bliss