2. Homestays in Kerala
• #KeralaDiaries series featuring
the homestay listings
• Kerala Tourism won the UNWTO
Ulysses Award for Innovation in
Public Policy and Governance
• Local food joints, Thaff –serves
large portions of delicious crab
cakes, fish curry, prawns and
other local delicacies
• Neelakurinji, a beautiful purple-blue
flower that blooms once
in 12 years
• Interesting Host- Natasha has
been travelling through several
countries, lived for three years
in a zen Buddhism monastery
• #DidYouKnow: Kerala is the
only state in India where
Ayurveda continues to be a
mainstream
3. Homestays in Meghalaya
• #MeghalayaDiaries series
featuring the homestay listings
• #BehindTheScene- co-founder,
Tejas, and TravelNinja, Sarita visit
Sacred Grove at Mawphlang
• #FoodForThough- Shillong, try a
meal at Tratoria in Police Bazaar.
JakhawKhasi (Plain hill rice),
Dohsyiarkyla (Local chicken
cooked spices and oil), and
Dokhlakylla (local fish curry)
• Nohkalikai falls. India’s fifth highest
waterfall.
• Interesting Host-Mrs. Prabidita has
has been hosting guests, along
with her husband who is a well-known
tea connoisseur
• #DidYouKnow that Fishing is a
major sport in Meghalaya.
4. Homestays in Sikkim
• #SikkimDiaries series featuring the
homestay listings
• Government Initiative- Sikkim
India’s first state with 100%
sanitation coverage
• #FoodForThought – Local Dishes
Momos, Gya thuk or soup,
Gundruk or curry made of
fermented vegetables, Kinema
or fermented soybean curry, and
the many local chutneys
• Sikkim is on its way to becoming
India’s first fully organic state.
• 130-foot high statue of Buddha in
Sikkim at Ravangla
• Interesting Host – Pemba man on
the mountains organizing and
leading treks in West Sikkim since
1998
5. Homestays in Karnataka
• #KarnatakaDiaries series featuring
the homestay listings
• Places to visit in Karnataka
-Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary
-Channapatna Artwork
-Balmuri
-Brindavan Garden
-Nanjangud
• Mysore Dasara festival
• Badami Caves in Karnataka
• Interesting Host- Chuda an
excellent cook and host provides
large servings of delicious local
delicacies and tall glasses of her
delicious home made wine
• Chikmagalur, known as “coffee
land” of Karnataka.
• Dubare Elephant camp- a
reserved forest dedicated to the
elephants of Karnataka.
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