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I’ve said it before: being on and around the waters of Vembanad Lake in Kerala, South India had a soporific effect on me (see: On the Kerala Backwaters). The heat – and the haze that the heat produced on the water – and soft chugging of the motors of the river traffic had me feeling like […]

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The heat; the soft chug of the motor; the sun glinting in the hazy sky and off the water; it was one of those iconic ‘Pinch me!’ moments. I was finally on the backwaters of Kerala in south-western India. The backwaters are a network of more than 900 km (560 mi) of waterways, stretching north-south […]

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The Cardamom Hills of Kerala. The name is as heady as the rich array of exotic spices and fruits that grow there, and the wild animals that hide out in the jungle expanses. The Cardamom Hills form the highest part of Western Ghats, a range of mountains and hills that run north – south through […]

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