Mararikkulam North, Kerala, India – Meeting Up With a Water Buffalo!

While Michael was running an errand, I decided I would walk the short distance to the beach from our villa at Arakal Heritage Homestay. As I started crossing the log bridge, something caught my eye and I turned to see a water buffalo laying in the stagnant water! Thrilled with this discovery, I immediately started…

Mararikkulam North, Kerala, India – Swimming at the Beach Along Chethy Beach Road

This beach is a five minute walk from our villa at Arakal Heritage Homestay. Michael and I walk a path just off our villa’s yard that leads us through a small neighborhood of fisherman’s home, then the beach! We basically have this entire beach to ourselves!  I’m not sure this stretch of beach has a…