The Most Exotic Keralan Surf Club

On the way from Sydney to Singapore I read an article about a Surfing Club in India, I was intrigued. The article talked about Kerala and the places we were going to, Varkala and Kovalam. It talked about surfing in both places and what it claimed to be the only surf club in India.

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Sebastien Indian Social Projects (SISP)

Like most great organisations it starts with a story. This Story is about Paul Van Gelder. He first came to India in 1994/5 when his brother was working in Chennai, as part of his travels he came to Kerala and Kovalam for a beach break. This particular trip he found himself on the beach and the local children coming up to him and asking him to teach them ‘ABC’s. He obliged.
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Taming the Iron Tiger

As I mentioned in an earlier blog, we hit India with nothing planned or booked except for our first nights accommodation and one flight. Our plan is to get around India using the railways. From my past experience the trains were an experience unto themselves, but were fairly easy to navigate and a fun way to travel and meet locals.
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Where are you REALLY from?!

I have been meaning to write this blog for sometime but I thought maybe now as we have landed in India it would be a good time to finish it. The inspiration for this blog was a gentleman who was very interested in me on our first trip to Antarctica.
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Incred!ble India

We have landed in India! This is my 4th trip to India and Steph’s 1st. We intend to explore some different aspects of this country and places I have not been too and some where Steph Really wants to go.

We are here for the next few weeks in an attempt to travel the length of the country. It’s an Ambitious task but we are going to see what happens, we have nothing booked except one flight and our first nights accommodation so lets see what happens! Watch this space….

If you’re reading this and your in India let us know and maybe we can catch up over Chai!