One week has passed since we left India and turned back to Europe. One week where the daily life here in Germany has re-started. Eastern. Brunch with the family. Food in all variations. Crowded supermarkets. Chocolate invasion. The streets here: somehow too clean and somehow … empty. Maybe they have cleaned up during the last…
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Twoandahalfweeks in India – beautiful decadent backwaters tour
Alleppi is a small town and the starting point for our backwaters tour in Kerala. ‘A tour you should not miss’ – that’s how travel guides describe it. It is one of our last days here in India. After having visited many projects in rural and tribal villages, explored Indian ways of life from Mumbai…
Twoandahalfweeks in India – just a dream
India is a beauty. A few impressions from Mararikulam beach. There is nothing left to say.
Twoandahalfweeks in India – from Coimbatore to Cochin by train
It is 4.20 hrs am when we leave our KKSD training center where we stayed the last days. A beautiful location, just half an hour away from Coimbatore. Our next destination is Cochin – by train. Whoever had been to India and seen trains passing by knows that this is an adventure – included into…
Twoandahalfweeks in India – elephants and an unreal world
Another impressive moment of our journey was much more touristic, but nevertheless I do not want to miss it: the visit at the Periyar National Park, one of the most visited animal protection zones of Southern India. It is notable as an elephant and tiger reserve. In between there is huge artificial lake that has…
Twoandahalfweeks in India – visiting garden Eden
In this huge country of India everything seems to be possible – be it in the worst be it in the most positive way. A visit in paradise Today, I was in paradise – in Peermade, a Location in Kerala at a farmer’s house where only organic production takes place. You do not believe? When…
Twoandahalfweeks in India – Kerala, the land of Ayurveda and much more
It is time to go to Kerala and to discover social engagement activities in South India. The flight from Pune to Cochin takes about 1,5 hours only, but just at the very first view Kerala appears as a completely different place: this is not just a different climate zone, but also a different way of…
Twoandahalfweeks in India – Staying with tribal farmers in Sishvad
Two days spending in a rural tribal family in the mountains of Maharashtra is a journey back to the past, even in India. Sishvad – that’s the village’s name – is a location somewhere in the mountains at 1400 meters of altitude. it appears after leaving ordinary streets and passing bumpy paths in the middle…
Twoandahalfweeks in India – Contrasts and challenges
When I arrive at the airport the streets are empty. 3 a.m. in the morning. Everything works well: Visa check, changing money, meeting the pre-ordered taxi driver at the arrival meeting point, getting into the hotel. I feel welcome in India. People here are very kind, without any doubt. The first adventure? Just take a…
Twoandahalfweeks in India – Responsible tourism in Mumbai: Visiting Dharavi?
India is a world of contrasts, many colors, extreme richness, but also extreme poverty. That’s how books and TV programs describe it and what I have had in mind when I started to plan my first days in Mumbai. It’s Wednesday. Take-off day. Take-off to Mumbai where I will spend three days of my own…
Go India, go future! 