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What makes people extraordinary is their spirit! Spirit is inspiring energy present in every creative activity. We are discovering people, whose spirit can inspire others. They are artists, photographers, historians, ayurveda doctors, yoga teachers, spiritual experts, astrologers, ecologists, travelers, simply everyone. Spirits are our local experts who share their stories with us and based on them we arrange your travel in style!
Life is like a book of mysteries, which we do not understand if we do not travel. Stories written by our local experts are transformed into the trails, which connect not only places on the map, but also creating meaningful connections with local people, who make your travel stories to come alive! Trails are the journeys to rediscover old routes and to explore new ones. Lets write new chapter inspired by local history, art and myths!
Style does not mean luxury, it is experience. It does not matter if you stay in boutique hotel or in tree house, if you dine in awarded restaurant or eat sandwich on the street, because your choice makes you special. Your individual style is your artistic signature, which makes journey different for each person, and we respect these differences. Experiences in style make your travel authentic, different and real; from them memories are made of!
In 1968, Vinoo Karthikeyan's sprawling farm at Puthenthope on the outskirts of the city was an expanse of unforgiving land beside the Arabian Sea; sandy, sun-scorched, bone dry, bare and wind-swept. The 50-year-old farmer, who won the State government's award for the best horticulturist in 2013, was barely four years old when his father, V. K. Karthikeyan, a veteran agriculturist now aged 90, acquired the 10 acres of seaside land, much to the bewilderment of his well- wishers.
Puthenthope is a sea side village located in the Trivandrum district of Kerala. A tropical orchid garden stretched across 10 acres of land is located in the close promity to the Arabian sea. The farm itself is a riot of differnet varieties of orchid flowers as far as the eye can see.
Photo: Zuzana Zwiebel
VINOO KARTHIKEYAN
INDIA, KERALA, TRIVANDRUM, PUTHENTHOPE
Orchid flower lover
VK Karthikeyan, the visionary behind the farm and an enterprising individual who served as the force behind the sucess of establishment is now 90 years. He dedicated their life to floriculture and decorative flower business.
Photo: Seaside Orchid Farm
VINOO KARTHIKEYAN
INDIA, KERALA, COCHIN
Orchid flower lover
It was 45 years back VK Karthikeyan has bought 10 acres of land in Puthenthope which was then a barren land with adverse conditions for any kind of cultivation. Transforming soil composition of the land was quite challenging by introducing a mixture of Ultisols, coir pith and indigenous fertile soil.