india – Travels Unraveled

Spice Tour

These are just a few of the spices and plants we saw. There are several leaves such as the curry leaf and fenugreek leaf used in almost every southern India cuisine. The biggest jack fruit ever; many kinds of bananas, coffee and tea just to name a few. All were made more special by theContinue reading “Spice Tour”

South India

The Southern tip of India is known as South India. It is made up of several states and territories. We were in three of these states; Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Each state had similarities and was also unique. Each have their own language which is also similar but different. The tuk tuk styles evenContinue reading “South India”

Kerala Backwaters

Where the freshwater from 38 rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea. The area cover nearly 600 square miles and create a labyrinth of islands and waterways on the southwest coast of India. We stayed in a very small resort, Kayak Island Retreat, on an island only accessible by boat. The experience was such aContinue reading “Kerala Backwaters”

Indian Safari by Jeep and Boat

We were fortunate to squeeze in short safaris in Nagarhole National Park located near Mysore. Nagorhole is a tiger reserve and has a narrow two-lane highway that runs through it. The safari takes off on dedicated safari roads that run out from each side of the highway. We were fortunate to see many animals onContinue reading “Indian Safari by Jeep and Boat”

India! I Finally Made It!

First stop Bengaluru in the Southern part of India. 13+ million people and I think almost every one of those people have a car, motor bike or tuk tuk with a horn and they use it. Around the major roads and highways there is a lot of traffic noise and of course the horns. InContinue reading “India! I Finally Made It!”

No Mask Wet Clothes

And we are off ! And the masks are too! Flying from Minneapolis to London, taking the train to Paris and flying to Bengaluru, India to check out some Indian Black Granite. But before packing I wanted to have all of our clothes clean so I started the morning going to guest laundry in ourContinue reading “No Mask Wet Clothes”