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Trivandrum, Kerala
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julho 2011

Trivandrum, Kerala

The induction program of our first job happened in Trivandrum, the capital of the state of Kerala, India. Though we had. Ticht schedule through the week, we managed to go to some scenic places over two Sundays available. Leia mais
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    17 de julho de 2011
    LazyCatTrivandrum, KeralaViajante

    National Adventure Foundation, Vandannur

    17 de julho de 2011, Índia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    Though it was an outbound training program organized by the Company but nevertheless, the place was nice, scenic and full of lush greenery. We participated in many activities throughout the day as groups. Apart from the regular team building activities which are independent of location, at NAF we trekked a little and got to cross a river (sort of? It was more like a canal) over a cable. I roamed around in the fields (sort of again?) Soaking in the views and enjoying fresh air away from city all day stealing time from scheduled activities. We had lunch there, the food was good. We went back 3ish to our hostel. As we still had some time at hand, a bunch of us quickly got changed and went to Sri Padmanabhswami Temple in Trivandrum which is said to be full of mystery vaults and is believed to be the richest temple of the world. The statue of Sri Vishnu is in reclining position and is huge. It can be seen through 3 different doors (each gives a view of face, midsection and feet) though I didn't understand the logic of doing that because the statue would have looked so grand if it was visible all in one go. It doesn't have any other marvelous feature to see if one is not going for religious reasons.Leia mais

  • LazyCatTrivandrum, KeralaViajante

    Poovar and Kovalam

    24 de julho de 2011, Índia

    We went to Poovar which is around 1.5 hour drive from Trivandrum. We took a boat to take us through the backwaters to the beach. It is the most beautiful backwaters (much better than Allepey) and beach in Kerala. The view of all the greenery and trees with birds chirping was very calming. We even came across an island restaurant in the way and decided to come back there for lunch after visiting the beach. We reached the beach which actually is a very tiny strip of land between the ocean and the backwaters. It's so narrow that at some places the waves from ocean were crossing over the land and going to the backwaters. There was absolutely no crowd when we went there, hardly 5-6 people apart from our group would have been there. The waters look beautiful but sea was rough at that time, I don't think it's safe or swimming. There were no beach shacks, no water sports happening over there. Just natural beauty of surroundings and us. I wish all places were a little like this, less commercialized. We got on our boat again and took a tour around the lake , saw the appealing beach villas of a famous hotel chain then moved on to Mangroves. We even saw houses built such that there was no empty land /yard to walk to the entry, people just seemed like swimming across the lake like it's no big deal. It was weird, but interesting. We then went for lunch to that restaurant we had come across while coming to beach. Had a hearty meal of seafood (I had recently turned non vegetarian just for Kerala trip after being a vegetarian for almost 20 years).
    On the way back we stopped by at some clothing store. I bought traditional Kerala Saree and a half Saree (which in hindsight was a waste as it never saw sunlight later ever)

    Then we went to the famous Kovalam beach which seemed underwhelming and just regular and meh after the serene Poovar beach. We spent some time there and then headed back to our hostel.    Leia mais

    Final da viagem
    24 de julho de 2011