I went to the same restaurant where I’d had dinner the night before. All the tables were still out and I sat down. As I did, they started taking the tables away and put up a sign saying it was closed. But since I was already seated, they took my order and served me a wonderful pancake and fruit breakfast. The best breakfast I have ever eaten at a restaurant that was closed.


There isn’t much to do here in Varkala, but who needs much to do? Days like this are enough. Head out, have a lazy breakfast, walk along the beach, stop at the coffee shop for Kerala bean coffee, go back to the hotel for a nap when the sun is at its highest, then head out again for the cliff walk, dinner, and sunset. That’s pretty much your day, and it’s all you need. Varkala delivers.





India and Sri Lanka 2026 — all posts
- Day 1 — 24 Hours to Mumbai
- Day 2 — First Morning in Mumbai
- Day 3 — Exploring Mumbai
- Dhobi Ghat: Mumbai’s Laundromat
- Day 4 — Sightseeing in Colombo: One Day is Enough
- A Short History of Ceylon
- Day 5 — Kandy: Moving into the Mountains
- Day 6 — Moving on to Ella
- Day 7 — Hike and Sunstroke
- Tea in Sri Lanka: From a Blight in 1869 to Four Million Cups a Day
- Day 8 — Nine Arches Bridge
- Day 9 — Tuktuk Tour Around Ella
- Day 10 — Time to Leave Ella
- Orphans of Udawalawe: Inside Sri Lanka’s Elephant Transit Home
- Day 11 — Safari and Galle Fort
- Day 12 — Onwards to Negombo for the last day in Sri Lanka
- Day 13 — All the problems concentrated on a single day
- Royal Enfield: Why India Rides Different
- Day 14 — The Kerala Backwaters
- Day 15 — Local bus to Munnar
- Leyland, a familiar name from the past
- Buying a beer in Kerala: Local knowledge required
- Mahindra: The Jeep That Never Left
- Discovering India Through Its Food – One Plate at a Time
- Day 16-19 — Four Relaxing Days in Munnar
- Day 20 — Travel to Kumily
- Day 21 — I Was Ready, Tigers Were Not
- Kathakali and Kalaripayattu
- Day 22 — Kumily to Varkala: The Journey is the Reward
- Day 23 — Slow day in Varkala
- IndiGo: Air travel for the masses
- Day 24 — Breakfast in Varkala, lunch in Bangalore, dinner in Goa

