Tag: #beautifulindia

• Kerala Diaries: Travel- In and around the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’

  

  Fort Kochi is called the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’. It gets its name from Fort Manuel of Cochin, the first European fort on Indian soil controlled by the Portuguese. I’d been to Fort Kochi in 1995, a long time ago, with my parents. I remember we had lunch there- a fresh catch of fish […]

  Smitha V

  July 7, 2022

  Experiences, Photography, Travel

  #beautifulindia, #familyholiday, #food, #fortkochi, #fun, #HotelTrident, #kerala, #keraladiaries, #life, #loveoftravel, #people, #travelogue, #travelwithkids

• Kerala Diaries 2: Travel From Thrissur to Cochin

  

  After spending six days in my husband’s parents’ home which is in a village near Thrissur district, we left for Cochin which is two hours away. I left with a heavy heart. The below lines by Robert Frost came to my mind as I said goodbye. The woods are lovely, dark and deepBut I have […]

  Smitha V

  July 4, 2022

  Experiences, Travel

  #beautifulindia, #Cochin, #explore, #family, #familyholidays, #India, #keraladiaries, #life, #love, #monsoons, #nature, #people, #SouthIndia, #travelogue, #truth

• Kerala diaries 1: The neighbourhood

  

  It’s four days since I wrote my last post. I’m in Kerala with my husband’s family. We took a train from Mangalore to Kerala- our first train journey in 6 years. After 7 hours of chugging past stretches of paddy fields, meandering rivers, railway tracks, colourful homes, spotted cows, and people, we finally arrived here […]

  Smitha V

  June 27, 2022

  Experiences, Travel

  #beautifulindia, #grandparents, #gratitude, #holidayswithfamily, #indiadiaries, #keraladiaries, #nature, Travel

• Travel: A pilgrim’s trip to Trimbak

  

  The best trips are those that are done without much planning. With hubby having caught a bad bout of the flu, we couldn’t go anywhere on the weekend. But, before our upcoming holiday to my hometown and then his hometown, I needed to visit the Tryambakeshwar temple- the one I hadn’t been able to go […]

  Smitha V

  June 15, 2022

  Experiences, Travel

  #beautifulindia, #dealingwithloss, #festivalsofindia, #gratitude, #healing, #indianculture, #life, #maharashtra, #movingforward, #mumbai, #nashik, #Pilgrimage, #shorttrip, #tryambakeshwar, #villagesinindia

• Rajasthan diaries – Bisnoi Village

  

  Someone I have very high regards for, reminded me a few days ago that I hadn’t completed my Rajasthan travelogue. And, understandably so, I was thrilled. A) Because it meant that someone was looking forward to reading my travel writing, and B) it meant that they had read my previous posts; that’s why they knew […]

  Smitha V

  March 2, 2022

  Experiences, Travel

  #beautifulindia, #bisnoivillage, #blackbuck, #familyholiday, #holidaywithchildren, #India, #jodhpur, #pottery, #Rajasthan, #rajasthancarpets