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Thiruvanananthapuram Temples and concluding thoughts

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 | By krodin | Views [196]

Temples & Beach: Thiruvananthapuram & Kovalam I had a hotel booked on the beach in Kovalam for the last couple of nights and the drive went through Thiruvananthapuram, so I stopped at a couple of the temples before heading further south.... Read more >

Tags: beaches, reflections, temples

Desert National Park

Sat, 21 Jan 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [195]

AFTER A FREEZING MORING IN OPEN jeeps Bablu’s sharp eyes spotted a pair of Great Indian Bustards in the tall grass of the Thar Desert. At 150 meters they were difficult to see and impossible to photograph. We found another pair—or possibly ... Read more >

Five-Sense Overload

Thu, 2 May 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [193]

It's super loud, the food tastes great, the sights are amazing, it smells (good or bad) all over, and you often have to watch what you touch. Welcome to India. An overload of all five senses is the best way to put it. Many travellers before me have told ... Read more >

Kerala 1: Kochi to Alleppey

Sun, 11 Dec 2022 | By krodin | Views [190]

Kerala Kerala has long held a certain fascination for me. The combination of saltwater sea, freshwater Backwaters, Western Ghats, and lush rainforests evoked a mystical magical world in my imagination, and I thought it would be a fitting place ... Read more >

Tags: historical sites, lake cruises, nature

Forest Owlet Is No Longer Extinct

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [154]

THE “FOREST OWLET EXTENSION” was a logistic nightmare requiring three-hour drives each way from our plush hotel outside Mumbai to the Tansa Forest area where we picked up a local guide. Connie, Richard and I were actually outnumbered by guides ... Read more >

Tal Chappar National Park

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [148]

INDIAN TRAINS ARE AN EXPERIENCE, even if you travel inside, not on the roof! After a 3:30 AM wake-up, Rob from Rockjumper and our local guide, Bablu, herded the eight of us to Delhi station in the dark and wrangled several porters to carry our bags up ... Read more >

Welcome Back!

Sat, 14 Jan 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [142]

AFTER OUR THREE-MONTH INDIAN ORDEAL in 2014 we'd had enough. It isn't that India is so bad, it's just the cumulative stress, noise, squallor and crowds that get to you. Yet here we are, freezing our butts in a third-rate hotel in smog-shrouded Delhi, ... Read more >

Winding Down

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [135]

RAJ OWNS DESERT COURSER ECOLODGE and drives like a lunatic but seemed to know where every bird in Little Rann of Kutch could be found—he should since his father started the place 40 years ago! Even before we dropped our bags he lead us to a pair ... Read more >

The Taj

Thu, 9 May 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [129]

"A teardrop on the cheek of eternity" -Radindranath Tagore It's the ultimate monument to love. One of the most, if not the most, magnificent buildings in the world. The Taj Mahal finally called my name today after two days of frustration with trains ... Read more >

Incredible India

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [113]

SOMEONE ONCE TOLD US THAT YOU had to have a reason to visit India—a yoga retreat or a meditation seminar—maybe a hip replacement. I had to keep reminding myself our reason was birding—especially amid the dust and squalor, 4AM wake-ups, ... Read more >

Kolkata

Sun, 12 May 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [101]

Kolkata, which was once Calcutta, is India's former capital. It is where the flag of India was first raised by Mahatma Gandhi in 1947. Whilst you don't come to India for its cities, Kolkata is vastly more attractive than Delhi as it's noticeably greener, ... Read more >

Delhi Intense

Tue, 7 May 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [110]

Everything in India, and tenfold in Delhi, is intense. The heat, the pollution, the noise, the smell, the traffic, the crowds, the rubbish...is intense. Most certainly you don't come to India for peace and serenity. I seriously thought I had seen, heard, ... Read more >

Riding the Rails

Fri, 10 May 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [67]

Indian train journeys are an adventure like no other. Trains are often late, usually by several hours, or cancelled altogether. When they're running normally they're more like travel by plane elsewhere. I opted for the train from Delhi to Kolkata as ... Read more >