Re: [silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-18 Thread Binand Sethumadhavan
On 17/12/2007, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to know too! I only spent a week there, during a salubrious time of year - what are the downsides that I'm missing? In my case (and I suspect the same is true of Madhu) I just have an excessive number of relatives there. ;-)

Re: [silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-17 Thread Madhu Menon
Biju Chacko wrote: On Dec 16, 2007 8:33 PM, Charles Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If Kerala had this kind of temperatures all year round I'd consider moving there. We loved the backwaters. Kerala is a nice place to visit but I'd hate to actually live there. I'm probably biased though. ;-)

Re: [silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-17 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Dec 17, 2007 2:13 PM, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Biju Chacko wrote: [...] Kerala is a nice place to visit but I'd hate to actually live there. I'm probably biased though. ;-) I concur. :) Reasons?

Re: [silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-17 Thread Charles Haynes
On Dec 17, 2007 3:21 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 17, 2007 2:13 PM, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Biju Chacko wrote: [...] Kerala is a nice place to visit but I'd hate to actually live there. I'm probably biased though. ;-) I concur. :) Reasons?

Re: [silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-17 Thread Biju Chacko
On Dec 17, 2007 3:27 PM, Charles Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 17, 2007 3:21 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 17, 2007 2:13 PM, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Biju Chacko wrote: [...] Kerala is a nice place to visit but I'd hate to actually

Re: [silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-17 Thread Deepa Mohan
On 12/17/07, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 17, 2007 3:27 PM, Charles Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 17, 2007 3:21 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 17, 2007 2:13 PM, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Biju Chacko wrote: [...]

[silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-16 Thread Venkat Mangudi
We are planning to do a small trip, say 4 days, later this month. Trying to decide between Kochi and Kabini. Many of you seem to have traveled extensively in India. If I had to make a choice between the two, what should it be and why? Your thoughts may give me additional reasons to choose one over

Re: [silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-16 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Dec 16, 2007 3:50 PM, Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are planning to do a small trip, say 4 days, later this month. Trying to decide between Kochi and Kabini. Many of you seem to have traveled extensively in India. If I had to make a choice between the two, what should it be and

Re: [silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-16 Thread Biju Chacko
On Dec 16, 2007 8:33 PM, Charles Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If Kerala had this kind of temperatures all year round I'd consider moving there. We loved the backwaters. Kerala is a nice place to visit but I'd hate to actually live there. I'm probably biased though. ;-) -- b

Re: [silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-16 Thread shiv sastry
On Sunday 16 Dec 2007 3:50 pm, Venkat Mangudi wrote: We are planning to do a small trip, say 4 days, later this month. Trying to decide between Kochi and Kabini. Many of you seem to have traveled extensively in India. If I had to make a choice between the two, what should it be and why? Your