Kerala is a lot more expensive than the north so I therefore organised my travel to only spend a few nights in each place instead of weeks.
I found people in Waynard (rural kerala) not to speak as much English as the other places I had been, there was also not much tourist food available and it felt more like 'the real India'.
We planed to only stay 2 nights in Waynard but it is such a beautiful place we stayed for 5. I'm glad we did as the countryside it's astounding and definitely worth taking some time out to explore. In 5 days we went to a lake, a lookout point and a Jain temple, swam in a dam, visited caves that had etchings from 4000 BC and a wildlife sanctuary where we saw wild elephants.
Generally Kerala has very fertile land and is therefore full of rice paddies and spice plantations. In one day I saw orange, teek, coffee, bamboo, cloves, rubber, coconut, beatle but, ginger, turmeric, tapioca, oregano, cinnamon, mango, papaya, coco, curry leaf and grapefruit.
This abundance of crops means that the food all over kerala is REALLY tastey. A thali here is very different to up north and trends to have between 6 and 20 dishes arranged on a banana leaf.
I found people in Waynard (rural kerala) not to speak as much English as the other places I had been, there was also not much tourist food available and it felt more like 'the real India'.
We planed to only stay 2 nights in Waynard but it is such a beautiful place we stayed for 5. I'm glad we did as the countryside it's astounding and definitely worth taking some time out to explore. In 5 days we went to a lake, a lookout point and a Jain temple, swam in a dam, visited caves that had etchings from 4000 BC and a wildlife sanctuary where we saw wild elephants.
Generally Kerala has very fertile land and is therefore full of rice paddies and spice plantations. In one day I saw orange, teek, coffee, bamboo, cloves, rubber, coconut, beatle but, ginger, turmeric, tapioca, oregano, cinnamon, mango, papaya, coco, curry leaf and grapefruit.
This abundance of crops means that the food all over kerala is REALLY tastey. A thali here is very different to up north and trends to have between 6 and 20 dishes arranged on a banana leaf.
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