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South Kerala: A magical experience

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Kerala's backwaters lined with coconut groves are as picturesque as it gets. For a long time, it's on the world tourism map being highlighted by major Travel and Tourism promoting entities. I visited Kerala for the first time in 2009 for a dear friend’s wedding. And I turned that opportunity into a multi-destination trip including Cochin, Alleppey, Munnar, Kanyakumari and Trivandrum. In this post, I am sharing my experience in brief, and a few tips on how to travel across south Kerala. In another post, I have explained in great detail about my experience and the places. Please have a look at it here:   https://stampedmoments.com/5-best-places-to-visit-in-south-kerala/ Kochi (previously known as Cochin): I and Sajith  took a boat ride in the Arabian sea from fort Kochi. We tried our hands at the fascinating Chinese fishing nets- in picture above (needs a separate blog on that). Then we visited St. Francis Church, where the mortal remains of Vasco da Gama was kept for a long