Hi all To my experiences what i found was that in kerala u will find english nameboards everywjere, even in small towns which u can never dream in the hindi heartland. When it comes to english, come on people in UPor bihar even in cities struggle with englis, in kerala yea they r not fluent but surely revert to u in broken english.Some points that some pointed out is very true, people will misguide u beautifully, watz the fun in tat, especially in parts down south trivandrum, quilon i did have very bad experience.Wat so ever Kerala is marvellous, yep waynad is heaven, will go back there, nd enroute calicut biryani, banana chips and halwa is a must.