My trip so far was such a success so much so I really thought what had I ever worried about. Against my usual way of travel and my gut feeling I decided to use Make my trip to plan my time in Kerala. It took away any sort of organizing and meant all we had to do was turn up. Usually for me the fun is in the planning and I love to be spontaneous, but after a long month and little time to plan and taking others advise I went ahead and booked. From the word go I knew it was a bad idea. I didn't like how they were talking to me and it felt unorganized. All The things I had paid for like to have a driver to meet me at the airport and to stay in good accommodation were so removed from the reality I wasn't sure where my 90 000 rupees went. When we arrived at the airport not sight nor sound of our driver and when he did turn up he hadn't got my itinerary. But it was when we arrived at our second accommodation that I really lost the plot. It has been the first time since leaving Ireland that I felt upset and wished to be anywhere else but there. I was meant to be staying in Munnar and we were one and a half hours up hill from there.
While it lashed rain and Alessia got more and more irritated sitting in the car for a whole day. That sigh of relief you usually get when you reach your destination was not there. I was horrified, it was a small cabin with wires out of the wall, stains on the bed sheets, freezing cold, and no wifi. I was never so glad of my travel companion. As we went to our room at 5.30pm for the night, I thought how was I ever going to get through it. Though Alessia was a great distraction and with her running around giggling and laughing oblivious to what was going on I soon forgot the horror story we wereliving
The following morning I spend hours trying to contact make my trip. With no phone, no wifi and to add insult to injury my bank cards wouldn't work. This was when I really felt the stress begin.
Luckily I was blessed with the most amazing driver I could have asked for. He took Alessia while I made the calls on his phone, he topped up his phone afteri
In between the horror story we saw, the Chinese fishing nets, the Dutch palace, the tea plantations, an incredible spice garden, echo lake, a huge dam and ate the most amazing south Indian food.
Poor Alessia was inundated with people taking her photo. As soon as we would arrive to a tourist location all eyes would slowly move towards Alessia and what they had travelled thousands of miles to see was soon forgotten. People would make their way towards me and think of ways to
To ask for photos usually sending their child to ask.
One request was could I take Alessia out of the sling so the woman could put her child in for a photo. Another woman went to kiss Alessia on the lips, until I had Alessia, I've never been aggressive with strangers or anyone for that matter. But, when hundreds try to touch her mouth or kiss her rational thoughts are no longer present and all I can think is to protect Alessia.
But I wasn't prepared to let any of these things get in the way of enjoying our experience and our time in India. So we left Munnar and drove towards Thekkady hoping that our hotel would at least have wifi.
Free fun Kerala, India
While it lashed rain and Alessia got more and more irritated sitting in the car for a whole day. That sigh of relief you usually get when you reach your destination was not there. I was horrified, it was a small cabin with wires out of the wall, stains on the bed sheets, freezing cold, and no wifi. I was never so glad of my travel companion. As we went to our room at 5.30pm for the night, I thought how was I ever going to get through it. Though Alessia was a great distraction and with her running around giggling and laughing oblivious to what was going on I soon forgot the horror story we were
The following morning I spend hours trying to contact make my trip. With no phone, no wifi and to add insult to injury my bank cards wouldn't work. This was when I really felt the stress begin.
Luckily I was blessed with the most amazing driver I could have asked for. He took Alessia while I made the calls on his phone, he topped up his phone after
In between the horror story we saw, the Chinese fishing nets, the Dutch palace, the tea plantations, an incredible spice garden, echo lake, a huge dam and ate the most amazing south Indian food.
Poor Alessia was inundated with people taking her photo. As soon as we would arrive to a tourist location all eyes would slowly move towards Alessia and what they had travelled thousands of miles to see was soon forgotten. People would make their way towards me and think of ways to
To ask for photos usually sending their child to ask.
One request was could I take Alessia out of the sling so the woman could put her child in for a photo. Another woman went to kiss Alessia on the lips, until I had Alessia, I've never been aggressive with strangers or anyone for that matter. But, when hundreds try to touch her mouth or kiss her rational thoughts are no longer present and all I can think is to protect Alessia.
But I wasn't prepared to let any of these things get in the way of enjoying our experience and our time in India. So we left Munnar and drove towards Thekkady hoping that our hotel would at least have wifi.
Free fun Kerala, India
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