Foreigners First Impressions of Kochi, India🇮🇳 (Not what we expected...)
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Welcome to Kerala. Thank you for visiting our state.
Don't visit Kerala again .. visit Uttar Pradesh . We have indian famous temple and more develop city of india
@@tani7089 UP? Seriously?? 💀 Even Indian girls are not safe in UP.
@@tani7089😂😂😂
@@tani7089The most unsafe place in India. Raping women, killing people in the name of Cow god. Don’t go to these uncivilized states like UP, Gujarat and other North Indian states. Only Punjab can be exceptional with educated and civilized society.
Ok bro@@tani7089
I,m From North India but Kerala, Himachal, Uttrakhand This state are best for Foreigners...😊😊
Kerala*
I am from Uttarakhand as well. i think other states should learn from Kerala. I've never been to Kerala unfortunately, now I've moved abroad.
Jammu and kashmir too😊
North East India too
Karela*🥒
The stereotype which foreigners heaving into their mind is old Delhi and Mumbai's Dharavi and they think all india is just like that because of their media ,but na man ..India is 7th biggest country on earth you have tones of amazing places to visit and they are not like old Delhi or Dharavi
100% agree That's why we made this video show that there's SO much more to India outside of the chaos of Delhi, Mumbai, etc. that you typically always see on UA-cam. Many incredible places to visit
@@benandhaley if you guys are still in india you can visit srinagar (kashmir) or Nainital ( uttrakhand) in the north himalayas region these places are heaven for summer much colder and fresh than the rest of india and so beautiful you can search it look how beautiful are these places specially Nainital
@@benandhaley You ppl should have come after monsoon season.This is the PEAK of summer and before pre monsoon shower which is the hottest time in kerala.Even we are dying bcz of the heat, and humidity makes it worse 😂.But the good thing is that you can walk and see everything at summer,which I think is what ppl comes for.During june -aug and nov -dec it can rain on any random day,which might spoil plans.But it depends on the person if they like rain.whether they like to see MORE greenery, walk in somebodys lawn or field ,experience cool breeze,drink some tea and vada in a rooadside stall when its drizzling and walk on wet road and muddy soil after a good rain.And the rain here in kerala is a lot more refreshing than the rain in many other countries and i've personally experienced this as well...
@@benandhaleyKochi city is called as 'Queen of Arabian sea'
@@benandhaleyTourists should definitely avoid UP, Bihar,Jharkhand and West Bengal. Cities like Mumbai and Delhi. The states and cities i would recommend you to go are Kerala, Karnataka, Goa , Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, all the NE states, Ladakh and Gujarat along with Cities like Guargoan, Hyderabad.
(South India) State of Kerala🌴 must visit places:
-Aleppy backwaters ('Venice of the East')
-Vagamon ('Scotland of Kerala')
-Munnar hill station ('Kashmir of South India') home to tea plantations, spice garden, tasty homemade chocolates and different wildlife
-Varkala Beach and Kovalam Lighthouse beach
-Fort Kochi attractions with Jewish synagogue, Dutch Palace and Portuguese church alongwith the European influenced streets
-world's first water metro also try the land metro
-Kerala is a major football hub and has got featured in FIFA channel
-Athirapally waterfalls ('Niagara falls of South India')
- Lulu International Mall (largest malls of South India in Trivandrum and Kochi)
-Jatayu largest Bird Sculpture
-Do interact with the locals they are really sweet and helpful
-This state has the highest literacy rate
-Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Jews etc.. all live in peace and harmony♥️
-It is also the home of Ayurvedic medicine
-The Kerala cuisine consists of non-veg including beef and pork and seafood.Also try the traditional meal served on banana leaf 😍
Very realistic and true observation.
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South East Asia - Tuk Tuk
In India - Rikshaw 😂😂
Haha we have spent too much time in Southeast Asia that it's habit now😂
In south India it’s auto
@@user-nq2js8ng4t Correct. "Where can I get a Tuk-Tuk?" will only get you blank stares in the South.
This summer in Kerala is insanely hot. It started wayy earlier from February and even us Indians can't bear it. Climate has gone crazy this year.
Cos of heat waves
You said kerala people are very nice and kind and very friendly that words make me very happy and proud because I am from kerala,,,,,thank you very much and sorry for the weather 😅😅😅😅😅
India is so diverse ❤🇫🇷
Its very hot season now.. Careful of dehydration..
Nice video. Enjoyed it. Sorry to see you struggle in the sweltering summer heat. Summer this year has been exceptionally brutal. Try to avoid going out between 11AM and 4PM unless you are in hill-stations like Munnar, Thekkady, Wayanad etc. Those hill-stations - with their rolling tea/coffee/cardamom plantations and winding roads - are great visual treats and the main reason why Kerala is called 'God's Own Country'.
Hope you will have a wonderful and pleasant time in Kerala and elsewhere in India. Looking forward to your next video...
The reason street's are empty is because of the heat! You are certainly brave walking around getting sunburnt
Kerala is generally not that crowded. The population is spread throughout the state and not concentrated like other states.
Its just what I thought the reason for empty streets, people like to stay indoors during extremely hot weather
@@sajidmunir864 Kerala is usually less crowded as the population is well distributed throughout the state. There are plenty of empty streets in Kerala were I like to walk or drive.
Learnings:
1. Biriyani and Mango curry is an unusual combination 😅. You should try Porotta and Beef Roast (as a meal) for sure & fried rice and chili chicken (as a meal)
2. Everybody is indoor because it is so hot outside; (west loves sunny days, kerala loves cold weather) Kerala cold = west warm = 70 degree farenheit. Try not to go out during the day time, the state is on Yellow Heat Alert now.
3. People are super helpful and can share a lot of information that is not present on Google Search;
We said the same thing after we ordered the mango curry and biryani haha we wanted to try both and couldn't decide😂 And yes, everyone is super helpful! We've met many amazing and kind people who have given us information and helped with anything we needed. Incredible experience. Thank you for watching our video❤
@@benandhaleymango curry with biriyani is a weird combo. You could try mango curry with plain rice or with traditional kerala meals
@@paulvonline Haha we had the mango curry with plain rice and then the biriyani separate😂 We wanted to try both!
Thank you for visiting us ...🙏
No.. biriyani with mango curry 😅.. its like pizza with sauce for Italian
south india is best visited during monsoon season approximately … June through september. Cool weather. The trade off , of course , there are some days that it could rain continously for a couple if days , but its like in the US , during winter , there may be that bad one week. ( in Arizona , South of Flagstaff we dont have to worry about snow), but otherwise Monsoon is the best time to visit South India.
India has 28 states and 8 Union Territories. Foreigners often visit Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Agra, or Rajasthan and find it busy. Sometimes, they visit Kerala and say, "I never knew India had such relaxed places; it's different from what I expected."
You guys only explored cities, which is just a small part of the country. I can tell you about more than 15 states and Union Territories like Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ladakh, Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Uttarakhand in India. Then, you probably say the same thing, "This doesn't seem like India." But if you keep visiting just Delhi or Mumbai repeatedly, you say, "This is what India feels like." However, many of the 15 or more states don't match that perception.
Exactly. That's why we made this video to show that there's SO much more to India outside of the chaos of Delhi, Agra, Mumbai, etc. that you typically always see on UA-cam
@@benandhaleyKochi City is called as 'Queen of Arabian sea'
Enjoyed the video, wish you a good trip and thanks for visiting India! 😊
PS: A wide brim floppy hat might help in keeping cool.
Mam you are visiting kerala in highest summer season, ie Apr and May.
The season for visit is Sep to Dec
I’d love to visit India! What an adventure! New subscriber here, glad I found your channel!❤❤
What a wonderful couple you both are. Great to see you smiling always. Thanks for sharing.
you are so truthful when it comes to budget accomodation
Love the content, my family and I need to make it a point to visit Kerala in monsoon season. 🔥🔥🔥
Oh not in the monsoons. You will barely be able to step out! Dec-jan will be better imo
Thanks for visiting Our beautiful Kerala..
Wonderful vlog.. you both are awesome
Keep yourself hydrated ❤
Enjoy your time, enjoy the Indian hospitality, enjoy the local culture and cuisine, to whichever Indian State you may be visiting. 😊
I loved this video ❤,
A Malayali guy from UK.🫶🏻
Welcome to your second home India.
Take care of the heat n humidity. Stay hydrated.
With love from Mumbai
Lovely couple.. so much happiness about them. Great to have them here in Kochi
Glad you liked my state beautiful enchanting Kerala 🙂
Kerala ❤ South India ❤ more educated , civic , less hate , less scammers than North India 😊 PS : please dont be triggered its just facts
Also less Morals becaue it is a Communist run Hellhole.
Now you don't be triggered it's just facts. Should I show you or you agree?
What about radicalism and Kerala youth joining ISIS? Why South hates North India even if North Indian are much better looking and more attached to the bhartiya roots than South people? Plz provide facts.
O Really Kerala Are The whole India where Islamic and Isis t*rrorist organization link with Kerala Muslim .... How many evidence 🧾 Our Agency found Do you know About that ...don't give wrong information ....
More educated but more radicals. Why do you have to bring north vs south discussion. If this is what education does than i better stay in north.
Thank you for visiting😊
welcome to Kerala ! thank you for visiting our state and I hope you enjoyed it !
I'm from Kerala and I live in Milwaukee, wi welcome to Kerala but visit in Dec or Jan for beautiful weather
Didn't know there's Paragon at Kochi, good info! Hope you enjoyed well in Kerala..!
It was soooo good. I will dream about that mago curry forever haha
Guys u r at the No. 1 state of India by literacy rate, least poverty rate, and many more. Kerala is known as the spice bowl of india.If u have time visit munnar and vagamon known as the switzerland of india. Only place where u can see the most beautiful estates of tea and cardamon plantations and all spices if u want to.
Looks like such a great place to visit!
You said kerala the right way... better than most other indians say it too, wonderful !
KERALA people live in harmony.
Kochi looks absolutely stunning in your video! I love how you described the mango curry - I could almost taste it through the screen. Has anyone else tried a dish that left such a lasting impression?
If you are visiting kerala i would prefer during winter or just after monsoon as it would a perfect climate and could actually enjoy the beauty of nature even more and could enjoy the lush of greenery
Thankyou for visiting my country and my state kerala
Welcome to kerala guys enjoy ur trip lol🎉❤
Its Summer now in india.visit in winter or rainy season for better experience
Hi
Ben and Haley......I am from Kerala and now setteled in Chicago for 12 years.....still every year I used to visit Kerala.....this time summmer is harder .... be careful about heat stroke.....warm welcome to Kerala.
How's there in Chicago, fellow mallu?
I am not hearing positive things from there!
Hello I hope that one day my siblings and I are as confident in our videos as you are!!! We are American kids in India that just moved here. ❤❤❤ Keep up the great work!
U can visit south India u can see variety of different foods temples heritage and culture especially Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,goa, Hyderabad it's amazing Kerala, munnar, kochi, wayanad, Ooty, coimbatore, manglore, Gokarna , Coorg, Bangalore, Mysore, Alleppey, Udupi, Chennai, Karnataka, Kodaikanal
The place is super hot and humid now. You guys are crazy to be there now 😮 I was there last week and it was exhausting. Kept drinking one thing or the other to keep myself hydrated
it is hot hot summer. this is the best time to explore the mountains Indian Himalayas most beautiful part of India-Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim. Ladakh is other worldly place most beautiful in India and one of the most beautiful in the world.
Welcome to Kerala....... ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Oh nooo you came at the wrong time. Monsoon is the perfect time to visit Kerala
Hi dude, It is summer session. Nov to Jan is best time for visit in Kerala.( Jun to Oct Rainy session). Where ever you go please check it sessions before your visit.
As a north indian i can only say Beaches down south are really amazing 👍
Welcome to my country ❤enjoy the trip
mosquittoes are because of lot of vegitation cover plus the temperature range of the region is such
There is water metro boat which is air-conditioned. Anyway as of now summer season
Due to summer u can go to hill stations such as Ooty, Kodaikanal , munnar, Darjeeling,Shimla, Kulu Manali , Himalayan region, kashmir , ladakh
i think, you should shortlist some amazing places, cultural stuff, hill station, fort, monument, temple and unesco sites.....etc where you can visit, always check weather of destination place (comfortable or not)
Wellcome to India 🎉❤
Double well come 😊
I hope you guys are having a great time.🙏
Humble pleasant couple. Welcome, be safe and enjoy
Visit on June , July it's too hot nowadays. Rainy season is best to visit ..
Very nice. I was there in March. Enjoy
Welcome to God's Own Country KERALA ❤ ......
Just Experience how different is it from other States .....
This video gonna be viral 💯
India is multi coloured and multi religious country......Kerla is the best known for Aayurveda treatment in world .
Your channel is gonna get the recognition you guys deserve❤… Lots of Love from a Keralite(Mallu).
Try visiting Munnar, & Wayanad like hill station… as this summer is harsh
donot forget to visit Alleppey and house boat ride. you will love it. and dont feel shy do bargain when you are india.
love from india. hope you get treated like a king and queen here❤
It will be so hot. Don't burn your skin dear. Safe journey , stay safe.
in a Beautiful place..wrong time
Enjoy Kerala.
Enjoy Kerala. Use the mozzy spray only in evenings and nights, daytime is fine. Also, say adipoli instead of thanks and see the smile on their face😊
You GUYS! Congrats on the video! 16k in one day?? You were due, I'm so excited for you!! 👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you so much for the love!😊😊
oh glad you are having fun 😅, havn't been to Rishikesh and Dharamshala yet?
Come during Christmas time or monsoon. And an umbrella goes a long way; one with the silver side inside.
And Ben is so handsome!
In the old days, there used to be huge trees in front and almost everywhere (banyan tree, i think) around the Basilica and pretty much everywhere there was shade but now, in the name of development and all, they seem to have cut down all the good ol' trees. What a shame! In the afternoon, you would hear thousands and thousands of leaves a-fluttering and if you just sit somewhere in the shade, you could easily fall asleep to a quick nap. It was so peaceful and shaded! Without the trees, it looks Godless. 🥵😪😭
Welcome to Kerala
Best time to visit Kerala. Peek summer. 🤣. My place is just a few mins walk from your hotel though I'm not in India right now. I could see my apartment through your window.
If you come out of your hotel and walk towards the left you will reach Bolgaty palace which is a Dutch palace converted into hotel. Its a nice place to visit especially in the evening. The synagogue in fort kochi is a nice place to visit. Around 20 kms from your hotel you have Cherai beach and many more.
Being in kerala during hot summer, you should probably visit Munnar which is a hill station 100km from kochi and spend couple of days there. The temperature will be much lower and you get to enjoy nice greenery.
Wrong time of the year to visit kerala 😂. People of kerala typically use umbrellas to beat scorching summer heat. You can buy umbrellas in every nuke and corners in kerala
Every nook and corner
That was a nice video. Please visit to Varkala
Kerala never exceeded 31-32 celsius at the peak of the summer when I grew up there in 80s and 90s. During my ocassional trips to Fort Kochi, it was one of the coolest (I meant weather-wise) place in mid-Kerala. Today things have changed. Have to blame the real estate build up in the whole of the country which has eliminated as many trees as possible and the carbon pollution.
This is fkng hot season in Kerala,
Try to visit Kerala in the Monsoon season!
You should definitely visit the state of Meghalaya. Little known facts about it. Its a state covered with clouds, mountains, pine trees. Rainiest place on planet earth is in this state of India (mawsynram). Asia's cleanest village of exists here (mawlynong). Living root bridge (testament of human bio-engineering since thousands of years without any modern tools and how to live in harmony with nature) , cold climate, crystal clear lakes where you can literally see the surface and the reflection of your boat, canyons, caves, places that might remind you of Narnia, hundreds of waterfalls, completely different culture, language, food. Cuisine is more closer to south east asian cuisine. Also only matrilineal state in India. You might not find too many hindi speakers but almost everyone speaks English. Even street vendors can speak manageable english so not much issue with communication. This is just one of the states of north East. Each state of north east is unique in its own way for their natural beauty. Total 8 states also called 7 sisters and 1 brother state (sikkim is the brother)
Coconut plus honey sounds like the actual natural food for humans.
This, India is experiencing severe hot summer, hope there will rains sooner. then India turns magical.
In summers, we try to avoid going out in the afternoos, (11am to 4pm sometimes 4:30) ..
Our Kerala 💥🤝
Come to Kerala between June to Feb for cooler weather
Please check out the following while your in that sate: Also, if you can handle spice, try the many local dishes.
1 Jattayu
2 Lulu mall
3 Kalarippayattu
4 Kathakali
5 House boating in backwaters (a day or so, overnight, private chef, bathroom and bedroom
6 Padmanabhaswamy Temple
7 spice tour with a meal
8 Vakala beach and Kovalum
9 Ayurvedic spa, Munnar
10 Fort Kochi, Jew Town,
11 snake boat racing
12 Tree house stay, Athirappilly Waterfall
13 old churchs, bible tower, st. george, st. marys,
A good list ❤
Welcome to kerala but this is summer time you try to visit munnar, thekkady its a hilly area as well as cool climate
Tourists should try the water metro ride from Kakkanad to Vytilla. Its a beautiful experience!
Make sure you visit Munnar, Idikki which is most beautiful as well as Wayanad.
Nice video...
Hi Kerela is beautiful Indian states and homely atmosphere ,peace,secular.highly
Educated,least poverty ,friendly people. Lot of revers ,ponds etc
Rich cuisine,comparetly cheap also
But u visited wrong time weather is
Hot and high humidity ...
Come to northeast India you will love it especially Meghalaya and Sikkim
Don't get surprised! Kerala has a higher HDI than most of the European nations.
Try the Odomos cream from Kerala, which is effective at repelling insects while also moisturizing and providing a pleasant aroma.
Thank you - that is good to know! We like the Soffell spray and have found that to work pretty well, but we'll look for the cream too!
Hot out there keep hydrated love from kerala
The absolute worst season to travel in India. The summer heat is insane.
Awesome
It looks cleaner than I thought.
Nice and beautiful tree
Love both of u.very innocent comments ❤
Loved your video. Are you from South Africa 🇿🇦?