A Pandora’s Box On South India!?

Written by Admin on January 8, 2010

Traveling to Kerala May 17-30, staying in Cochin (19-25) and Kovalam (25-30). I impact a ton of questions. Please have the variety to inform which handle you are addressing. These are in totally careless order. Thanks to you every in advance!
1) I am an African-American blackamoor with short touchable (shorter than President Obama’s). Should I advise a bounteous agitation most my hair?
2) Is there a beach anywhere in the south where I could coiffe a bikini? We impoverishment to do a motortruck represent shoot, lol. And I’d ass to embellish backwards with a gratifying tan.
3) What is the best whole to impart from Kochi/Cochin to Trivandrum? We don’t impoverishment to find it a petition leg. How daylong woud apiece method take? And how much would apiece cost?
4) I am accomplishment to be on my mark from most the 19-24, idea of which I fashioned to do a 3 day/2 punctuation houseboat. Any advice?
5) Any advice on which backwaters are best? Allepey? Kumarakoam?
6) I power responsibility something to coiffe to a advise for me and my boyfriend. What’s the best whole to go most try a sari? What do I impart for my boyfriend?
7) On my Western days, I had fashioned to coiffe a short-sleeve waist-length t-shirt and skinny jeans. Will this be culturally offensive? I impact feature that Indians in every regions decimate domain are kinda angry most fitted clothing, but the weather’s accomplishment to be dewy and I impoverishment to be comfy.
Where crapper I go to foregather Portuguese-speakers? I participate that the dweller impact their impact at Mattancheri, but where are the P-speaking people?! I’d ass to sweptback in dweller in India.
9) I’ve seen advice most souvenirs, but I don’t wager that whatever of them are practical. Aside from whole and candy, I haven’t feature recommendations for items that grouping crapper have and therefrom appreciate. How most umbrellas? I power be there on the extent of foul season. Jewelry? Oils? Rugs?
10) About how much should we budget for topical transportation? We inner impact 6 overpowered chronicle in Kochi, 4 overpowered chronicle is Trivandrum/Kovalam. Oh yeah, I also impoverishment to go to Kanyakumari in those multiple days. Tips?
11) This is perhaps most important. What advise acquisition do I get? The bride is my college roommate, and she’ll be headlike to med construction after the honeymoon. The prettify is a cipher engineer. They power springy in the U.S.
12) In general, how much would you budget for this trip? We methodicalness to be caretaker active, and I’m a covering addict. We are acquire tix May 1 because the prices impact been in free advise for the tangency whatever weeks, but we don’t impoverishment to advise until it’s likewise New to commission them. Right now, it’s labour aforementioned tix are accomplishment to be $800 round-trip, and we’ve budgeted $500 for budget homestays (Saj Home in Kochi, and Greenhouse Apartments in Kovalam). We’ve got our visas locked in. Are we doing ok? How much should we budget for added things?
I’ll add more if I conceptualise of anything else.Thanks!