pakdoktergolfblog: God's Own Country.....

Monday, January 25, 2010

God's Own Country.....

15th January 2009

The above is the tagline that the KTDC (Kerala Tourist Development Corporation) and the Kerala Government have chosen for the promotion of Kerala as a tourist destination.

Pakdokter and partner with two other couples who were regular travelling companions in our tours took advantage of the newly launched service by Airasia to this southern India destination. It turned out to be quite a deal actually. Our early bookings managed to secure for us return tickets at just less than RM 800 each compared to the alternative of flying SilkAir via Singapore which would have cost each of us RM2000 or thereabout!

the gang of six who made the 9 day tour of Kerala...

Dr Ahmad Raveendhran, Dr A Haron, Dr S Zaliha, pakdokter,

pakdokter's partner and Sandra Abdullah..

Pakdokter's partner had wanted to go to Kerala for some time already and we had in fact made a booking in early 2009 but had to cancel it at the last minute when the terrorists had launched an attack on Mumbai. We did not want to risk ourselves nor get caught in the inconvenience of having to go through excessive security screenings following the terrorist attack.

Kerala has many things to offer as a tourist destination. It has a long stretch of the Arabian Sea on its western coastline with many lovely resorts. It has great tea plantations and awesome mountains for hiking. The spice plantations and wild parks are equally great attractions and the backwaters provided great cruising opportunities on typical Keralan boats. Not forgetting, Kerala has fantastic cuisines and an equally colourful culture and history.

Kudos to Airasia for reaching out to this destination. Judging from the 80% flight occupancy both ways, Airasia has definitely made another right decision!

Pakdokter will be posting a series of pictorial report on our escapades to Kerala over the next week or so....