I just came back from a week-long Kerala trip last week. I have been to India before, to Hyderabad and Goa. Both were for cousins’ weddings, and both were weekend trips. So this Kerala trip felt like my first real India trip. I learned a lot about Kerala culture, ate a lot of Malabar…
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