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Top 9 Unforgettable Experiences in South India

No matter how little or how deeply travelling interests you, the southern part of India is one of those places that can’t be missed. From carefully watching the locals getting hold of their lungis to discovering a culturally intriguing way of life, the southern part of India is where you will never disappoint you in finding the stereotyped Indian experiences.

But to tell you the truth, I was a bit unsure about my survival there the first time I visited, given all the distinctions between India I was familiar with — the New Delhi. But when an invitation from a friend in Kerala landed in my inbox, I knew I had to go there and test its waters. Though I was only staying at his place for a couple of nights, it still came out as security that I would, at least, survive my arrival, and it seemed enough for the moment.

Thanks to that friend and to many others I met on the way, here are some incredible moments I had in south India, that started from travelling in Kerala.

Best South India Experiences


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  • Bike Through Iceland’s Volcanic Interior: A Thrilling Expedition

    If it was easy it wouldn’t be a challenge, with these words lodged in my mind I continued riding along the F208 in Iceland’s interior. The surface of volcanic ash combined with ruts in the trail created by other traffic make it sometimes hard to keep my bike on one side of the trail. I’m amazed about the buses that drive on this trail, they look like touring cars that weren’t made to be working in these conditions yet are barrelling down the road. Icelandic Interior It was my fifth day on the

  • Sinai Granite: A Midnight Journey Through the Desert

    After venturing deep into the Sinai desert in the dead of night, I lay down completely exhausted by travel and collapsed into a drug-induced coma. Then, after what seemed like an eternity, I awoke to the familiar sound of the ‘Call to Prayer’. I was about to witness a landscape that would captivate me for many years to come. As I stumbled barefoot across the freezing sandy floor with my Bedouin blanket wrapped tightly around me there was an eerie silence in the air and every sound was muffle

  • Solo Trek in Patagonia: A Glacial Journey of Solitude

    Bad weather on the walls of the tent; bad weather in my head. Patagonia’s San Quintín Glacier lay open as a love confession on the opposite side of the lake, but obscured by a frozen white mist. With each window of clarity the icebergs revealed their silent wanderings, swept and reshuffled by a playful and murderous wind. Inside my little one-man tent, cocooned in my bivouac and sleeping bag, I was the only still feature in a turbulent landscape. Drifting ever further into unexplored corners