Thiruvananthapuram: My Digital Nomad's Hot Mess
so i just got back from this place called thiruvananthapuram and i'm still trying to figure out what actually happened. it’s like someone threw a tech conference and a spice market into a blender and hit puree.
i just checked and it's...there right now, hope you like that kind of thing. 22.65°C with enough humidity to make your hair do weird things, and the locals look like they’re walking through fog while i’m just a sticky mess. if you get bored, *kollam and kanyakumari are just a short drive away, but honestly? why leave?
someone told me that the sree padmanabhaswamy temple is cursed if you wear shoes, but also that the coffee shop next door serves the best filter coffee in the universe. i tried both. the curse felt true. the coffee? questionable.
heard a rumor from this drunk guy at café coffee day that the backwaters turn into a mosquito disco at sunset. he wasn’t wrong. also, i heard that leela palace has a pool that makes you feel like a movie star for about 15 minutes before remembering you’re just a broke freelancer eating samosas off a banana leaf.
pro-tip: bring power banks like they’re oxygen. the power grid here has its own personality. also, appam with stew is a mood, but only if you can find a place that doesn’t ask if you want ‘extra spice’ meaning ‘nuclear-level hellfire’. check out this food guide before you commit.
for real coffee, skip the chains and hit up mocha - they’ll judge your order but make it perfect. and if you need coworking, cyberpark* has wifi that doesn’t die every 10 minutes, unlike my will to live. yelp backs me up on this.
anyway, thiruvananthapuram is a beautiful mess. i’d go back just for the banana chips alone. maybe.
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