Kerala

Kerala

Coming back to India after Sri Lanka, first we stepped into the capital of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (or Trivandrum), and our first thought was like: “Hello again the smell of urine, hello crazy sound of horns”… But interestingly, we felt ourselves back home again. Kerala, is the western of two states sharing the south part of India (The other one is Tamil Nadu. E.g. Chennai, Ponducherry and Madurai). This time the local language is Malayam, English speaking level is very high. According to Lonely Planet, this is the place with highest level of literacy in India (approx. 100%). We indicated that there is a different culture in every state of India. When we first written about that, we hadn’t experience yet, we just heard of it. We understand what it means when we arrive Kerala. First, we are going to Kovalam, 40 minutes south of Trivandrum. We weren’t planning to go there actually but, our hosts were living there who accepted our Couchsurfing request. Grigory and Ulyana is a Russian couple who is living in India for some time and working as tourist guides. They work very hard but we come together at dinner. Grigory is an adventurer who travelled to many places on the earth. He even experienced passing over a river in Tibet illegally with his bike on his shoulders. They also give us a short photography course as they are both professional photographers.  Kovalam, one of the famous beaches of Kerala, is a center of Ayurvedic treatment and Yoga Schools. It’s highly touristic, more expensive compared to the average of India, but a calm holiday resort. Average...