Small Boutique with a Huge Dutch Colonial Personality (To open the embedded Facebook posts fully for the recipes and details, just click on the date/time under the heading Food and Travel Secrets.) As we headed back to Fort Kochi, we couldn’t miss a return visit to the charming Eighth Bastion Hotel. Set in a quiet […]
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Rice and Spice On Board Spice Coast Cruises
Enjoy Real Fishermen’s Home Cooking While Relaxing on The Backwaters (To open the embedded Facebook posts fully for the recipes and details, just click on the date/time under the heading Food and Travel Secrets.) Perhaps the very best way to finish a visit to Coconut Lagoon is to be picked up by a CGH Earth’Spice Coast […]
Live Grandly in a Chettiar Mansion at Visalam
Explore Chettiar Mansions and Stay in Art Deco Style at Visalam (To open the embedded Facebook posts fully for the recipes and details, just click on the date/time under the heading Food and Travel Secrets.) Our first visit to Visalam in 2015, was my very first CGH Earth Experience. Since then I have discovered that, like […]
A Rich and Relaxing Tamil Temple Experience at Mantra Koodam
Chill Out Completely at Mantra Koodam (To open the embedded Facebook posts fully for the recipes and details, just click on the date/time under the heading Food and Travel Secrets.) Travelers across South India often plan a stop to see the ancient Chola Dravidian architecture Brihadishwara Temple at Tanjuvar. However also on the Hindu pligram trail […]
Go Deeper in Pondicherry at Maison Perumal
Get to Know Pondicherry’s Other Personalities in CGH Earth Style (To open the embedded Facebook posts fully for the recipes and details, just click on the date/time under the heading Food and Travel Secrets.) Pondicherry is well known for her French Colonial heritage and indeed staying and exploring the French Quarter is a very gentle introduction […]
New Foods, New Friends Through Traveling Spoon
Lunching with Locals in Kolkata? (To open the embedded Facebook posts fully for the recipes and details, just click on the date/time under the heading Food and Travel Secrets.) Since I first heard about Traveling Spoon I’ve loved the idea. It brings travellers together with local hosts who want to share an authentic experience of regional […]