Mettupalayam in Tamil Nadu, India, is one of those nondescript towns that would never feature on any tourist itinerary, except for the fact that it is the starting point for the Unesco World...
Posts about our travels in Asia.
Kathakali performance, Fort Cochin
Over the years as we’ve travelled around, especially in south-east Asia, we’ve been to many ‘cultural shows’. These performances of traditional local music and dance have often been...
A day out with Joseph in Cochin, Kerala
On our first full day in India, we met up with a friend who we had last seen a year before in Ethiopia. By coincidence, she was in Cochin at the halfway point of her overland trip through...
Cochin, Kerala – a gentle introduction to India
Before we embarked on this trip, everyone told us that Cochin, in the state of Kerala in southern India, would be the perfect gentle introduction to the sub-continent. And so it proved to be! ...
Our long-awaited trip to southern India
Intro
As I sit in the departure lounge at Heathrow Airport patiently waiting for our gate to be called, I’m thinking about the trip we are about to embark on. It’s a journey...
A Trip on the Perfume River, Hue
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Hue – the Citadel and Imperial City
Hue – Vietnam’s former capital
Visiting Ban Pho, a Flower Hmong village in northern Vietnam
On the afternoon of our visit to Can Cau market,...
Hoang A Tuong Palace, Bac Ha
We called at this little known palace (so little-known...
