Welcome to Episode 106 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast.
Laura has been bugging me to talk about our trip to India earlier this year for a while, and because Past Me was always intending to pod it, they did travel diary voice recordings on a near-daily basis to provide a basic framework, or in fact to just use as the pod.
Anyway, the trip was across a little of Southern India, starting in Kochi and taking in the Kerala Backwaters, an overnight train, and the two temple-centric cities of Madurai and Thanjavur. This had us visiting the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Due to the nature of the recordings, quality cannot be guaranteed to be consist’nt.
Topics discussed in this episode are:
- I have ADHD. Who’d’ve thunked it?!
- Admin and immigration to India is more interesting than you’d imagine
- Food and drink in Kochi
- Three Hours on the Kerala Backwaters probably isn’t enough
- The Obligatory McDonalds
- Overnighting on an Indian train is comfortably and pleasantly underwhelming
- A day in Madurai being frustrated by temples
- A peaceful daytime train to Thanjavur
- The joys of suburban hotels: Becoming the GPS we always wanted to be – Part One
- Finally, a good temple experience
- We Still Don’t Speak Tamil: Becoming the GPS we always wanted to be – Part Two
- The delightful experience of a non-touristy backstreet restaurant
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