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February 27, 2005India Photo's IIIMarket stalls, Mysore. Ambitious rickshaw wallah. Madurai. Temple complex. Madurai. Holy man. Trishy Temple complex. My kind of temple! Temple complex, Trishy. Landscape Hampi Bullock cart, Hampi. Street scene, Hampi Goats transported by conacle. Hampi. Ancient ruins. Hampi. Chai...Read this update India Photo's IIMarket stalls, Mysore Fishing Nets, Fort Kochi, Kerela. Fisher Men repairing nets, Kerela. Backwaters, Kerela....Read this update India PhotosShiva's Chariot Gokarna Street scene Gokarna Om Beach Gokarna Overloaded truck. Gokarna Buffalo Racing, near Mangalore Buffalo Racing, near Mangalore Buffalo racing team Buffalo racing team Smile Ladies!...Read this update ChennaiChennai 4th – 6th Feb 2005 The bus journey to Chennai takes us north-bound along the coast road, here we are witness to more tsunami relief camps. One thing that strikes me is that the relief camps have been located...Read this update February 15, 2005ManmallapuramManmallepuram 3rd -5th Jan 2005 The bus journey from pondicherry to Manmallepuram took us along the coast road which was beautifull. The landscape however, was scared by numerous temporary settlements of tents. These were obviously there to house tsunami survivors...Read this update February 11, 2005Pondicherry1st - 3rd FEB 05 From Trishy we get a bus to Pondicherry the ex French enclave on the eastern coast of Tamil Nadu. The bus driver was without a doubt the worlds most dangerous driver and by the time...Read this update TrishyTrishy 30th Jan – 1st Feb 2005 Trishy is another temple town north east of Madurai, we arrive early afternoon on the 30th, check in to a barely passable guesthouse (the TV swung it) and proceed to do nothing much...Read this update MaduraiMadurai 28 – 29th Jan 2005 The first overnight train ive been on in a long time and it was remarkable painless. I managed to sleep ok. And managed not to miss my stop 4.30am. The three of us are...Read this update February 07, 2005Thrivandrum27th – 28th Jan 2005 We arrive in Trivandrum and arrange some digs. All of us feeling rough, but we manage to muster enough energy to have a look around the town. After one afternoon looking around we decide we...Read this update Varkala22nd - 27th Jan 2005 I arrived in Varkala. found accommodation, and within minutes met up with a guy ‘Scott’, that I had previously met in Mangalore. It turn out the previous night there had been a big party and...Read this update February 02, 2005Alappuzha (Alleppey) and the backwater cruiseAllepey 20th - 21st Jan 2005 I arrived at Alleppey in the midday heat in a busy, noisy, and congested bus stand, full of seller’s rickshaw drivers, and hotel touts all after Mark the walking ATM. I walk away from...Read this update kochi (Cochin)Kochi (Cochin) 18th – 20th Jan 2005 I stay one night in Coimbatore and get a train the following morning over the Tamil Nadu border in to Kerala and on to the coastal city of Kochi (Cochin). Kerala is one...Read this update Ootyooty 15th - 17th Jan 2005 Another Hill station, with some colonial remnants about it. Amazing scenery en-route even though the bus journey was the normal white knuckle ride. Climate here is nice and cool, bit a little chilly at...Read this update |
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