The reason "Kaiya House comes to London"
A bit of history - in 2008 I went to Kerala for the KTM (Kerala Travel Mart) and while staying at the Vivanta by Taj in Cochin I met a lovely American lady. We got chatting down by the harbour and we discovered that both of us had a holiday link. I was there investigating hotels and Debra had just purchased a guest house in the beach resort of Varkala - which she was opening later that year.
I have watched as Debra has taken her guest house from strength to strength, and it is now the number one property in Varkala on TripAdvisor.
In March 2012 myself and Natalie had two nights at Kaiya House and it is just fab. It is the warmth and friendliness of Debra and her lovely team, that make it such a success. The property has a boutique style with each room influenced by a different part of the world - I stayed in the Indian room. Debra's sunrise walk along Varkala's cliff is one of my Indian highlights.
During Kerala's rainy season Debra shuts up shop and goes traveling. She has been back to America and is now having some time in the UK. So while in London she decided to try and get as many people together for an evening that have stayed at Kaiya House.
So last night off went Natalie and myself up to Waterloo East and met Debra and the other Kaiya-lites!! We also rendezvoused with the Punter-Stones and Grinhams - as they have a mutual love for Kerala. The White Hart was really busy, even outside on the pavement (which was monitored by a very sour faced woman, like some prison guard "Don't cross the line, or else!"). Unfortunately for some of the evening we couldn't all mingle as Debra had hoped we would but by the end I was having a fab chat with some lovely people.
So at 22:33 we boarded the train and ventured back to Sunny Tunny, unfortunately accompanied by a very drunk and excruciating loud young woman....and no people it wasn't Natalie!!
Debra, it was great seeing you and thank you for arranging last night. Hope to see you again soon, next time at Kaiya House :-)
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