A visit to Athirappilly Falls
I’m a sucker for waterfalls. Seriously, if you ever need to distract me from something important for a few hours just put me in front...
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In Flight: Flying out of the storm on SriLankan
An image like this near your airport is simply not good. Flying out of a tropical cyclone almost guarantees an adventure. About the best thing...
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Lounge hopping at the Chennai airport
With the city besieged by a tropical cyclone and some uncertainty about the drivability of the roads we set off early for the airport. The...
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Checking in: Vivanta by Taj, Malabar Cochin
It generally takes a very special situation for me to consider dropping $300+ per night on a hotel room. I rarely see the value in...
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My wife, the movie star
Or maybe a rock star. Or some other sort of star. At least in India. Seriously, if you’re ever looking for some attention I highly...
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Checking in: Sonnetta Residency, Fort Cochin
I’ve probably bored just about everyone into submission with the tales of woe involving our hotel arrangements while in Kochi (read here and here if...
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It was then I realized my nose was woefully inadequate
It was about 9:15am on Christmas Eve when the gravity of the situation finally hit me. For thirty-odd years I had been pretty confident that...
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Checking in: Radisson Blu GRT Chennai
Our Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt landed at Chennai’s international airport a few minutes prior to midnight. Our flight the following morning to Kochi was at...
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I had thought India was getting too easy
The first few days of this trip seemed too easy. Yes, there were the typical problems that happen, mostly associated with my being an awful...
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Cruising the backwaters of Kerala
There are miles upon miles of canals and lakes in the Southern Kerala region, mostly centered around the town of Alleppey (or Alleppy or Alappuzha)....