During the Keralan breakfast (for the interested consisting of fresh papaya, appam and egg curry) my homestay host, Roy, has told me about an ongoing festival in the old town of Kochi, Fort Kochi. The festival, which is of Portuguese origin, is celebrated every year between December 23 and 31, and Roy promises it to […]
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Tea plantages and mountains in Kerala
The fog finally clears as the little, yellow and black, rickshaw finally manages to push up the mountain and through the clouds. On the narrow serpentine road that goes up the Western Ghats, on the border between Kerala and Tamil Nadu in southern India, every new bend offers a stunning view – but also a […]