Kerala (overview)
- Swaying palms, green and lush jungles, backwaters, tea plantations, spices, rubber and banana plantations.
- In contrast to the more courtly historical and desert feel of the north, this is God’s own country according to the local tourist board but still has a secular feel.
- Cochin is the main hub: hotch-potch colonial past from the Portuguese, Dutch and British.
- Watch water-life from a traditional rice boat, relax in small properties by the lake, eat especially good food. Climb up into the western ghats for tea, cooler air, walking.
- This is the home of Ayurvedic spa treatments. A few really good beach places.
