India Archives - Happy Days Travel Do it Now - Don't Wait for Retirement! Tue, 30 Apr 2019 14:21:34 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Happy-Days-Travel-Blog-Logo-1-100x100.jpg India Archives - Happy Days Travel 32 32 122077926 Reflections on our India trip https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/reflections-on-our-india-trip/ Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:00:11 +0000 https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/?p=1070 I wrote a post at the start of our two-month trip around southern India, explaining our reasons for making the journey …

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]]> 1070 Alleppey, Kerala https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/alleppey-kerala/ https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/alleppey-kerala/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2017 10:38:00 +0000 https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/?p=1050 Our last stop before returning to Cochin at the end of our two-month trip around southern India was Alleppey, ‘Venice …

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]]> https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/alleppey-kerala/feed/ 1 1050 Kollam – the southern approach to Kerala’s backwaters https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/kollam-the-southern-approach-to-keralas-backwaters/ https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/kollam-the-southern-approach-to-keralas-backwaters/#comments Sat, 29 Jul 2017 13:26:54 +0000 https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/?p=1030 Our reason for including Kollam in our itinerary was so that we could travel from there by ferry to our …

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]]> https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/kollam-the-southern-approach-to-keralas-backwaters/feed/ 2 1030 Varkala – ‘we’ve died and gone to hippy heaven’ https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/varkala-weve-died-and-gone-to-hippy-heaven/ Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:34:37 +0000 https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/?p=1004           From Kanyakamuri, we took the train up the Keralan coast to Varkala for a couple …

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]]> 1004 Kanyakamuri – the southernmost tip of the sub-continent https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/kanyakamuri-the-southernmost-tip-of-the-sub-continent/ Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:33:46 +0000 https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/?p=989 The end of India! There’s something so evocative about standing at the end of a huge land mass.  I have …

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]]> 989 A few days on the beach in Kovalam https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/a-few-days-on-the-beach-in-kovalam/ https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/a-few-days-on-the-beach-in-kovalam/#comments Sun, 09 Jul 2017 09:28:36 +0000 https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/?p=467 When we were in Madurai preparing to leave for our Workaway project in the hills near Kodaikanal, we took the …

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]]> https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/a-few-days-on-the-beach-in-kovalam/feed/ 2 467 Sholai School, near Kodaikanal, India – our first Workaway project https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/sholai-school-near-kodaikanal-india-our-first-workaway-project/ Sat, 08 Jul 2017 18:28:28 +0000 https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/?p=974 In a departure from my usual posts, this post is simply a series of photos taken during our two-week stay …

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]]> 974 Madurai – a little luxury before our Workaway project https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/madurai-a-little-luxury-before-our-workaway-project/ https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/madurai-a-little-luxury-before-our-workaway-project/#comments Sat, 08 Jul 2017 16:41:37 +0000 https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/?p=958 For our three-night stay in Madurai, one of the oldest cities in India, we opted to pay a little more …

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]]> https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/madurai-a-little-luxury-before-our-workaway-project/feed/ 1 958 Thanjavur, capital of the great Chola empire https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/thanjavur-capital-of-the-great-chola-empire/ Sat, 08 Jul 2017 14:17:55 +0000 https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/?p=513 We travelled to Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore, by public bus from Pondicherry via Chidambaram. The first leg of the journey was …

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]]> 513 Pondicherry – a French-Tamil jewel on the Bay of Bengal https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/pondicherry-a-french-tamil-jewel-on-the-bay-of-bengal/ Mon, 03 Jul 2017 12:11:39 +0000 https://www.happydaystravelblog.com/?p=465 By the time we reached Pondicherry on the coast of south-east India, we were all ‘citied out’ and ready for …

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