Our KERALA Road Trip Begins In KOVALAM (FOREIGNER Visits A HOSPITAL)

[@siamesejasmine]

“Starvin’ Marvin”! 😂 I’m American and that was a great American accent!😊 I plan to visit India when I retire and my first stop will be Kerala!❤

[@Hollybolly_scriptures]

Great❤️

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Haha thanks 😂 Kerala is beautiful

[@Quantum_Mythos]

When you start an Indian tour it's best to start with Kerala. Not that much chaotic compared to other places/parts of India. Can understand the culture (each place has a different culture but still you can understand some common things) People are friendly and welcoming. Cleaner than other places.

[@anwarthoke]

Welcome to Kerala

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Thankyou so much 😊

[@christinegolding5425]

Enjoyed this video, Kovalam is our 'go to' recovery spot after lots of tours over many years. It was a joy to meet you both. Loving your journey. With our very best wishes from ' pommie relics' back in the UK until our next trip late September up in Rajahstan😘🥰

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Thankyou so much! We are so glad to have met you both. You guys are far from being 'relics' 😂 Age is just a number and it's great to see people like yourselves enjoying life. Stay safe and enjoy your next trip. 😊

[@rockyvsadheera9114]

Kerala is always welcomes everyone in the world, irrespective of their any matter. This is God's own country.

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Kerala was such a beautiful part of India 😊

[@bobbyeapen6049]

Get well soon, there are really old churches (older than most in the West, prior to 1500), house boating w/chef/bathroom/bedroom, jattayu, nature reserve, tree house stay, Varkala, Ayurveda spa, Munnar (hill station, tea estates), most expense temple in the world(only can see the outside ), lulu mall, one of the oldest mosques in the world, spice tour w/meal, sunrise canoe through Monroe isle, Athirapilly waterfall **Sometimes ppl forget to wash their hands before a meal, which could be what triggered everything, yah, have congee (rice pudding) Also the food: Beef fry and Parotta Appam and isthu (veg, or chicken) Chicken Curry and rice Kerala fish curry and rice Meen Pollichathu and rice fish fry and rice el sadhya w/fish curry or fry masala puri (fried bread with potato) chicken roast thattakada chicken fry lamb roast Malabari Biryani/Thalassery Biryani Kerala Mutton Fry (Erachi Olathiyathu) Erachi Varutharacha Curry beef curry fish cutlets, ethekka appam (banana fritters), many baked items (bakery) Parripu curry and rice (rice and dahl)/idili sambar nadan chicken curry, nadan kozhi varuthathu Kerala prawn curry and pithri mussel stir fry kottu porotta (meat or veg options) black halwa/orange halwa, chatthi pathiri, Ada Pradhaman, semiya payasam,

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Wow, thankyou so much for all of this info/tips. We do manage to make it to a few of these places and all were very stunning 😍

[@deepakbalu7491]

Kerala foods are tasty and healthy

[@TheRoamingPickels]

They sure are! 😊

[@PradeepRaajkumar1981]

Heavenly SOUTH western TIP Kerala Kovalam.. Enjoy Dears.. Cheers from #Pollachi Town #coimbatore Always order Green salad with lot of onions dress it with LEMON during your meal with breads in SOUTH INDIA...

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Thankyou! 😊 thanks for the tips

[@PradeepRaajkumar1981]

Cheers ... best to go for South indian tiffin or banana leaf veg meals Dears​@@TheRoamingPickels

[@unklemunky8992]

It wasn’t the chilli. Been travelling India for a long time now and a gut infection is an almost inevitable rite of passage. Ppl often think of the last thing they ate but it can take a week for an infection to gestate. You did the right thing though. If it happens again anywhere in India go to literally any pharmacy and point at your stomach. They’ll know lol. In a huge number of cases it’s a hand-to-mouth transmission-slap that sanitizer on. If you liked that Kadhai flavour you two are gonna *love* the food up North if you go, esp. Delhi & Punjab.

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Ahh OK that makes sense. Yes good chance it was probably that. We did love the Kadai flavour. Thanks for the heads up! 😊

[@unklemunky8992]

@@TheRoamingPickels No worries, if you go to Mumbai check out Jaffar Bhai’s Delhi(?) Darbar in South Mumbai, Grant Road area. It’s phenomenal. Just a family restaurant in a predominantly Muslim area but jeez the food there is out of his world.

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Thanks so much, unfortunately else don't make it to Mumbai this time but it is definitely on the list for next time! Cheers

[@StonusIndia]

Glad to see that Matt is doing fine. Tropical heat is a bummer but keep hydrated. Another great video as expected! It is amazing to see how well you are able to drive a rickshaw. I have driven in India for a long while but will still not be able to do that with a rickshaw with ease :)

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Thankyou so much for your lovely words 😊 yes Matt surprisingly drives the Rickshaw very well considering it is his first time and stays calm in the busy traffic.

[@manilaemily5916]

The natural medicine for stomach ache is, take little Ginger juice , 1/2 decimal ( buy fresh ginger and grind it) or chew a small piece of ginger and swallow..

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Thanks so much for the info 😊

[@josephraju7223]

Beautiful video love from kerala🌴❤️

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Thankyou 😊

[@buhahahaha123]

Hello.. Best wishes for your beautiful trip... I think I am addicted to ur videos.. its interesting to see my places through ur lens...😊 One request, Please try to change rusty's silencer... its too noisy... it will not cost too much... it will be hard for your ears in long journeys...

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Thankyou for your kind words 😊 haha yes Rusty's silencer was pretty much useless 😅 but we manage long trips by just using ear plugs. If we planned to keep him forever, we would definitely have changed his muffler.

[@rajasekaran256]

✌️👌👍💯

[@mithunkartha]

Aaah the delhi belly strikes 😢

[@TheRoamingPickels]

It sure did!

[@avinashavinash7408]

❤

[@devendrabisuriya3255]

🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@AshokJ-zq4ve]

from where you pick that rusty ? rusty trusty

[@TheRoamingPickels]

We bought Rusty in Chennai 😊

[@lakshmikrishna5660]

Be safe and enjoy ❤

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Thankyou! 😊

[@FahdAli-wv8ph]

❤❤❤

[@JordanandEmily]

Honk the horn! 🤣

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Oh come on! Don't you start! 😂

[@binilrajraj9003]

Trivandrum 💞💞💞

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Our next video is in Trivandrum! We attend the Attukal Pongal Festival which took place in February this year 😊

[@thejus36]

Does driving without honking in India cause accidents? What is your opinion?

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Tough one to answer. We do think horns are a necessary thing to have on your vehicle and need to be used a lot of the time but sometimes we felt there was also a lot of unnecessary honking too. 😊

[@thejus36]

@@TheRoamingPickels yes you are right

[@serotonin2222]

I think reason why you’ll mostly see single lane roads in Kerala is because their policy to not cut the trees and preserve the nature

[@boxer999100]

Population density is so high in Kerala, so is the land prices, so while constructing the road less land means less compensation for the land owners, we are the only state in the history of India which requested the centre government to reduce the width of the national highway, usually it's the other way around

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Wow that's very interesting!

[@JG-qy6fe]

Sorry, wrong info. Its plain & simple lack of townplanning and traffic planning. The system of public infra is mostly done ad hoc by untrained laymen who become the local ward councillor and panchayat secretaries.

[@ashishnegi9602]

You didnt say it where is home in Oz?

[@TheRoamingPickels]

We are from Queensland 😊

[@ashishnegi9602]

@@TheRoamingPickelsQueensland is a big as half of India 😂I just moved to Mackay, Queensland.

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Haha it sure is! we are from Gladstone, about 4 hours south of Mackay 😂

[@serotonin2222]

I’m so early lol

[@sujo2341]

Have food from good place. Drink mineral 💦 water

[@PradeepRaajkumar1981]

I had pet named RUSTY Japanese Spitiz pomeranian and now DUSTY #daschund

[@TheRoamingPickels]

That's cool! We thought Rusty was a good name for our beloved Rickshaw as he was just an old piece of metal on 3 wheels who should have been retired years ago 😊

[@Nnvjdj]

Beautiful girl❤

[@shivaraml5692]

Have light vegetarian food avoid non veg, it is good to have cooling foods in summer.

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Thanks for the tips! 😊

[@balamuruganarumugam7005]

இந்திய சீதோஷ்ண நிலைக்கு தகுந்த உணவுகளை உட்கொள்ளும் போது உங்கள் உடல் நிலை பாதுகாப்பாக இருக்கும் அதிக வெப்ப உணவை தவிர்ப்பது நல்லது 🎉🎉 உங்கள் பயணம் இனிதே நிறைவு பெற வாழ்த்துக்கள் ❤❤

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Thankyou so much for the helpful info, we will keep it in mind 😊

[@balamuruganarumugam7005]

@@TheRoamingPickels thank you 💝 welcome

[@viinay9]

The gravies are prepared in advance without. Any spices or. Chilly. You. Can ask for the level of spicy. Or how spicy you want the food on only problem you might face is the language Barrier specialiy in the. South of India people might know basic English. But will still pretend. He does not understand you .....its like you are in france...but in france the genx will help you the same in TN ask gen x rather than old x

[@viinay9]

In India use the most common prebiotic CHAAS buttermilk = salted lassi drink it in large quantities U guys don't like the taste but believe me it will save you ....Google it

[@TheRoamingPickels]

Wow that's very interesting! Yes experienced a language barrier a few times but google translate was very helpful, especially in the more rural (less touristy) areas 😊