World of Waterfalls Blog

Sometimes Mother Nature dictates what and when you can do any activities, and today was certainly not one of those days where you could do anything. We’ll just have to cross…

Wakefield Falls was perhaps the most prominent of all the named waterfalls that we were aware of in the vicinity of the great Mt Cook (Aoraki was its Maori name). Indeed, this waterfall…

Acland Falls was the first of three waterfalls that Julie and I visited in the peaceful and ancient Peel Forest (Tarahaoa). Perhaps the main reason why Julie and I found so much peace in this…

Emily Falls was another of the three main waterfalls that we knew were resident in the Peel Forest. This particular waterfall required a little bit more work to reach than Acland Falls, which we…

Ryde Falls was probably the closest waterfall to Christchurch that Julie and I encountered though even then it still required about a 90-minute drive from the South Island’s largest city. So it was…

It’s strange how it always seems that something goes wrong in every one of our trips. And I guess this was the bit of adversity we were faced with this time…

This itinerary was the second part of a longer 23-day trip to both India and the Maldives. In a way, this Maldives leg of the trip was kind of the vacation away from the vacation largely because of how intense our visit to India had been…

This itinerary was the first part of our 3.5-week trip that encompassed both Indian and the Maldives. That first leg of the trip focused on India. This trip was definitely way out of our comfort zone, but I would also argue that we probably learned…

It was funny that we had to leave the resort to get the real Maldivian experience… to do things that are more indicative of the local lifestyle than try to have a home away from home…

Palaruvi Falls is one of those waterfalls that apparently have ayurvedic healing properties as apparently the stream meanders through some natural herbal groves further upstream…

The Kutralam Five Falls (or Coutrallam Five Falls) was one of the cluster of about nine waterfalls that Julie and I understood to be collectively known as the Courtallam Falls as they were all near…

Courtallam Main Falls (or Kutralam Main Falls) was perhaps what Julie and I thought to be the creme de la creme of the collective Courtallam Waterfalls. The waterfall itself was at least 30-40m…

Old Courtallam Falls offered us a much quieter experience compared to the other Courtallam Waterfalls. That was because we saw far fewer people here compared to the more mainstream waterfalls…

…sun went down, we started to notice crabs coming out of their holes. Just a few paces from our hotel, I felt something squishy on my left sandal. I feared the worst as apparently I did it again…

Athirappilly Falls is perhaps the most spectacular waterfall in Kerala (pronounced like Carol-uh) and was certainly one that my wife liked very much. We remember this 24m high falls most because…

Jog Falls is perhaps India’s most famous waterfall. It could’ve easily been the most spectacular waterfall in all of Asia as the massive Sharavathi River spills some 253m in almost total freefall…

Unchalli Falls (Lushington Falls) was perhaps one of India’s most spectacular waterfalls…we were certainly impressed with the waterfall’s practically unchecked flow, its rather unusual shape…

When I Lokesh noticed I was busy washing my boots at a water spigot near his car, he inquired what I was doing. “I’m washing sh*t off my boots,” I said, squeamishly as my fingers were in the grooves..

Magod Falls (pronounced “mah-GOHD”) was a relatively unknown waterfall (said to be 650ft). At least that was the impression we got considering all the signage to get here was completely in Hindi…

Sathodi Falls (pronounced “sat-HO-dee”; I’ve also seen it spelled Sattodi Falls) is a classically shaped rectangular 15m tall waterfall in the Kallaramarane Ghat near the town of Yellapur…