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This is a beautiful spot about five and a half hours drive from Kovalam which suggests sights of wild tigers and elephants in their natural habitat. The tour is of a man made lake created when a dam was built in the early 1900 s. There are lots of very old leaky tour boats on the lake with very noisy engines spewing diesel fumes and pollution all around. I felt that if the animals liked this enviroment then we would have needed to look no further than the nearest town for them.... We did see an otter
Unique Suggestions: Take some ear plugs
Fun Alternatives: Take a trip to Cochin. Lots to see, shopping,chinese fishing nets and more in this busy typically Indian city
Written Jan 7, 2005
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The Indians seem to think that we're stinking rich( when the average monthly wage is about 1500 rupees and thats what a meal for two will cost) and for this reason will try to charge you as high a price as they think you will pay ,so be careful
Unique Suggestions: The people are friendly and will haggle hard for the last rupee. Remember ! They wont sell you anything if they dont make a profit so drive a hard bargain.
Written Jan 7, 2005
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Beware the vendors who keep the plying the beach selling everything from lungis (sarongs) to fruits. They try and force you to buy by being persistent, they try and make you feel like they've spent soo much time on you that you should just buy something.
Unique Suggestions: Make sure you buy something you really want, if the vendor pestering you has nothing, just say so.
Fun Alternatives: Do not forget to Haggle.
Written May 12, 2003
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Just remember that pretty much everything in Kovalam is overpriced - in local standard. Food is overpriced because Kovalam really only caters foreign tourists. And most of shops that sell sourveniors are bit more expensive than North India because the goods come from North India.
Written Feb 20, 2003
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Just remember that pretty much everything in Kovalam is overpriced - in local standard. Food is overpriced because Kovalam really only caters foreign tourists....
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Kovalam..A New Year , A New Country.
I had 3 days to get to know Kovalam before setting off on a 5 day tour of Kerala. (please visit my Kerala, Periyar, Munnar and Cochin pages to read about this tour) My 1st visit to India, Kerala......
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I spent a week in Kovalam, my hotel was further up the coast than Hawah Beach and Lighthouse Beach. Although it was in a quiet location, the main part of the resort was only a short tuktuk ride...
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Kovalam Beach is a great place to spend a few days relaxing after some hard weeks of traveling! There lots of fresh fruit & seafood available
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Having been all over Kerala, we came to Kovalam precisely for the beach, and voila what do we get, a beach!! Lazing all day on the beach is a heavenly n relaxing experience. We used to have our brunch...
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Kovalam is beach resort,with white sand beaches&and coconut palms. Its 16km from Trivendram.One of best beaches in Kerala. Best time to visit September to March,but I would say Moonsoon time is...
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