Welcome to the Travel Archives of Connected Horizons! Read our articles, guides and experiences from the time we spent in Asia!
Train station of Madurai We stayed one day and one night in the city of Madurai. But I believe we had enough time to discover the amazing, beautiful and huge Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple. With more than 33 000 statues, it is a temple dedicated to Parvati (known as Meenakshi) and her consort, Shiva a.k.a. Sundareswarar….
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“Cheap, very cheap, only 50 rupees !” “Do you know where we’re going ?” “No, but I cheap !” That’s probably how you are going to be greeted as soon as you step out of any airport in India. This is the country of the mythical yet illusive motorized TUK-TUK ! Tuk-tuk drivers needs to…
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“Want a Tuk-Tuk, Sir ? Only 50 rupees !” These are the first few words I hear as soon as I stepped out of the bus. After a 2hrs journey from Auroville one on of those Pondicherry-Chennai green buses, we finally reach Mahabalipuram. The town itself is known for its amazing bas-reliefs (e.g. Arunja’s penance)…
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Tea hills of Munnar It’s sunrise in Munnar. We are waiting for our breakfast in the top roof terrace of the Gruënberg, surrounded by flowers and books. Our eyes are getting lost in the infinite tea plantations . We can only see different tonalities of green making waves on the mountains. This is amazing !!…
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After an early wake up and a quick breakfast, we hop on a tuk-tuk for our last ride in Munnar. Direction bus station ! Just as the tuk tuk gets to the bus stop so does our bus and in matter of seconds we’re hopping on the bus to get the best places (where i…
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