Kerala

It was great staying in Fort Cochin - a very easy friendly walkable place. We stayed at Ann's Residency. Lots of tourists, but not as many as Goa. We also went on a houseboat - only for one night - I could've spent a week. A fine airport to fly into, only 90 min from Bangalore by air. Went to a Shiva festival, saw some fantastic murals, as lonely planet says, maybe the best in India! and saw a real life being used by jews synogogue! People were very friendly. If only it weren't so very hot there, but still worth it. nice laid back atmosphere. Plus we saw coir being spun into rope and loomed into doormats all manually.