Thanks to the information from some guy Uli talked to on the street (the usual thing a self-declared introvert does all day) and of “our” new rickshaw driver we ended […]
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Puttering Around in a Houseboat
Despite quite a few people who dismissed the whole backwater-houseboat experience as too touristy, too expensive, etc. we decided to give it a try and in my book the houseboat […]
Enjoying the Little Things Along the Way
After ranting so much about the challenge that is called Max yesterday let me write something positive and friendly about traveling with a kid: it forces you to slow down […]
Shopping Frenzy and Tradition
With Max at school this morning we went shopping. The evening brought a heavy dose of Kerala tradition. We had initially thought that we would not try and find a […]
Unfinished Jobs
The “Unternet” – as Max calls it – is down so this blog will be posted with a delay. It’s amazing we even have Internet connection at all. The day […]
Southern Indian Comfort at the Copper Castle
I can’t help but to forever compare every place we are to the US and Europe. What is different, what not, what surprises and astonishes us. Like the hotel we […]
Souvenirs
I had almost 4 weeks to buy myself and others some souvenirs. But alas, I didn’t. I didn’t feel like a souvenir buying tourist. We had 4 weeks here, our […]
Montezuma’s revenge
This is going to be short! Montezuma’s revenge (Wiki: Montezuma’s Revenge is the colloquial term for any cases of traveler’s diarrhea or other sicknesses contracted by tourists visiting Mexico) has finally […]
Chitzen Itza, Detours and a Deluge
Yesterday morning we set out on our trip to Chitzen Itza, the world famous Mayan pyramids and temples and one of the 7 new Wonders of the World. The trip […]
Enough Peacock Feathers Already
This is going to be a tough one. We didn’t do a lot today so not much exciting to report and it is Super-Tuesday in the US and so I […]