The introduction of the hitech Volvo buses, which incorporate some of the state of the art features like air-conditioned interiors, plush seatings, automatic doors and display system has ensured a comfortable city ride to the commuters. The airport service that starts from Fort Kochi has become a hit among tourists. The transit time to the [...]
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Volvo bus timings
Posted in Kerala Destinations, Travel, tagged Airport, Fort Kochi, Volvo buses on March 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
‘Discover Kerala’- Explore the unseen and the unknown sights of Kerala
Posted in Kerala Destinations, Travel, tagged Kannur, kanyakumari, kappil, Silent valley, Thekkady on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Interestingly , the new leaflets and brochures of the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation, “Discover Kerala” is in a way an invitation for the native community to explore the unseen and the unexplored Kerala and are not targeted for national or international travelers.
Discover Kerala has a series of budget packages that includes some of the best [...]
Looks like there is some hope left for the 1411 Tigers remaining!
Posted in Enviroment, Kerala Destinations, Travel, wildlife, tagged Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, save our tigers, Tiger, tiger extinction, tiger reserve on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The inauguration of the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve at Anappadi in Palakkad district on 20th February is some glad news for those who have been striving to make a difference and voice their opinion in the “Save Our Tigers” campaign launched by Aircel.
Well now, this shows that Kerala does really care and is solid proof [...]
Alappuzha-Kollam boat service re-launched
Posted in Backwaters, Kerala Destinations, Tourism News, Travel, tagged Alappuzha, Kollam, Luxury boat service, backwater tourism on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Alappuzha-Kollam boat service, which used to attract tourists in large numbers and which was stopped in 1996, has now been re-launched, after a long gap of 14 years.
The Alappuzha-Kollam luxury boat service of the State Water Transport Department (SWTD) has been re-launched yesterday, February 9th, with the State Coir and Cooperation Minister G. Sudhakaran [...]
Two Cruise ships in Kochi
Posted in Fort Cochin, Kerala Destinations, Tourism News, Travel, tagged kerala tourism, Kochi, Le Ponant, Luxury Liners, Queen Mary 2 on February 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
For me and my friend, going to the Subhash Chandra Bose Park in Kochi in the evenings and spending time there, chatting about, sharing thoughts, woes and joys and at the same time enjoying the cool backwater breeze is almost a regular thing. But there had been a break of about a month or so, [...]
Rajdhani Express painted with Kerala Scenery
Posted in Backwaters, Kerala Destinations, Tourism News, tagged Chalo Kerala, Go Kerala, Kerala Backwaters, kerala tourism, Rajdhani Express on January 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Kerala tourism is going all out, making a bold statement and wooing tourists from all over India to Kerala by getting the Rajdhani train painted in Kerala colours. With the tag “Go Kerala” or “Chalo Kerala“ beckoning tourists into the lush green state.
It’s not just one or two coaches, but the entire train, all 17 coaches of [...]
Kerala featured in the top ten winter holiday destinations.
Posted in Backwaters, Fort Cochin, Kerala Destinations, Tourism News, tagged Fort Kochi, gavi, hill stations, Kovalam, munnar, wild life tours, winterholidays Kerala on December 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As the nippy winter season in Europe is at its peak, tourists are looking for tropical and balmy destinations to enjoy a well deserved sun tan and to escape the gloom of the gray weather back home. Irish times.com has included Kerala along with the Caribbeans, Hawaii, Canary Islands, Egypt, Tunisia, Dubai, Thailand, Morocco [...]
It’s all in the ‘Name’
Posted in Culture, Festivals, Kerala Destinations, Travel, tagged Karma kerala, Kerala, Kerala festival, Kerala life, Kerala Villages on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Almost everyone loves their names and when it reaches out to the public on a positive note then one really feels proud or honoured. Well, this race for popularity is not only shared by high profile people or celebrities who crave for the so called ‘popularity’. But these days Kerala villagers are not willing to [...]
Kerala villages: Abode to moral values
Posted in Backwaters, Culture, Kerala Destinations, tagged Karma kerala, Kerala, Kerala travel, Kerala Village on November 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In this materialistic era where artificiality and selfishness has over powered our moral values and customs, there are instances which highlight how people still believe and practice such morality in real life. A recent experience of mine made me think morality and humanity has been washed off in our so called modern society.
Well, Kerala has [...]
