Travel Virus

The very wellknown beach of Varkala is quite nice but there are way too many white tourists. The atmosphere is a bit hyppie and not at all indian. However it was nice to be there for a day. The weaves are very big, some austrialians were body surfing, while the indian aunties with kids come to the beach to see what are all those white people doing The only good restaurant is the Cafe del Mar.

On the way south, after Varkala I stopped in Kerala’s capital: Trivandrum. As all big cities there are more annoyance and the feeling of beeing cited all the time. There is a nice zoo, several musems, the raja palace (with guide) and a big temples where tourists are not allowed (but everything is possible in India). The palace is quite nice, with a mix of italian marble, belgium cristal and colorful indian deities. The hotel Manjalikulam is really crap, very unfrendy staff and overpriced.