Periyar, India
Ok, this could be a long one and I have to go and ride an elephant in an hour so I will tell you as much as possible of what I have been doing...
I am in the south western state of Kerala at the moment, which translates to "land of coconuts" It is a communist state, in fact was the first communist elected government in the world in 1957. It is relatively affluent and well educated compared with a lot of the other Indian states but prices are still chea...