Coimbatore, India Travel Blogs

13/01/08 : Dimanche a Coimbatore
Jan 14, 2008 (35 photos)

Superbe redécouverte des marchés et de l'ambiance quotidienne dans une grande ville indienne

Voyage de Ooty a Kochin (RIEN A LIRE)
Apr 17, 2009 (17 photos)

 

Day 1
Jun 30, 2009

... the staff members met me at the airport and took me back to campus. It was about a 45 minute drive to campus through Coimbatore and then through the country. That is when I learned that there are no real driving rules in India. There were many times that ...

An Indian Wedding
Aug 20, 2006 (3 photos)

... on the DVD player in front of the bus. After almost 5 hours on the bus (bumpy roads, state border controls) we arrived in Coimbatore where Vishnu, another HC member, picked us up. He took us to a very nice place for lunch where we tried Pongal (looks ...

retour a Tirupur
Jan 13, 2008 (9 photos)

Retour en train à tirupur, la gare est bondée du fait du Festival de Pongal. beaucoup de personnes retournent dans leur famille pour les festivités. Certains religieux voyagent ensemble pour se rendre à des cérémonies spéciales liées à Pongal. Les garçons ...

Hello everyone for those of you who don't ...
Dec 6, 2002 (3 photos)

... of the time, so haven't seen much so far. It is very interesting here, nothing like anywhere else I have ever been before. India is an extremely poor and nasty place. In some places people are sleeping on the side of the roads on the dirt. Driving is ...

My first shopping trip
Jul 2, 2009

... man walked around with us and helped pick things out. Whereas in America, a single shirt may come in many colors and sizes, it India, you will find what seems like one of a kind clothing. I did not see duplicates on anything. Also, you can buy clothing in ...

Elephant Valley, Vilpatti 20km from Kodaicanal
May 26, 2007 (13 photos)

26th - 30th May Elephant Valley, Vilpatti Got a taxi 20km down to the mountain to a valley village Vilpatti to a jungle farm resort called Elephant Valley (not in guide book www.elephantvalleyhotel.com), which is in the middle of nowhere and has no ...

Lessons and Rules
Jul 1, 2009 (27 photos)

... a long time to figure out why the specify that biys must wear shoes, but then I realized that people don't always wear shoes in India. Rule #2: Everything is done with your hands. I eat with my hands and I clean with my hands. I am now very successful at ...

ooty
Jun 11, 2008

ooty!

Perspective
Jul 18, 2009 (14 photos)

... of better words. The place that I went shopping in my first days was very dirty and busy, so I assumed that that was all of Coimbatore. In the last three days, I have seen many more parts of the city. I have seen the residential area, the poor area, and ...

Thrichur/ Thrissur, Kerala
Jan 27, 2007 (4 photos)

... off by talking about Republic day, which is today. It was on 26th January 1950, 3 years after independence from Britain that India became a republic and is now the 'largest democracy in the world'. But I still felt uncomfortable and made a hasty exit after ...

In die Berge / To the mountains
Jan 24, 2007 (4 photos)

Destination 102: km72'031 In Mysore war mir die Besichtigung des Maharaja Palasts sowie andere Arbeiten ein 3 Tages- Aufenthalt wert. Der Palast war zu prachtvoll um von innen fotografiert zu werden (Verbot). Ansonsten war die Stadt schnell ...

Families for Children
Jan 18, 2009 (30 photos)

We spent 2.5 weeks in Podanur, near Coimbatore , volunteering with Families for Children (FFC). FFC is a private, not for profit organization, operating homes in Bangladesh and India for destitute women and children. FFC was founded by in 1971 by Sandra ...

Lesson #1: You Can't Take Culture Personally
Jul 12, 2009 (26 photos)

As I said before, there are rules and lessons here. I have now learned the most crucial lesson for any country, you can't culture personally. Since I have been here, I have just taken the cultural changes and rules for what they were: just differences. I ...

The Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu
Jan 19, 2008 (241 photos)

... to see a Malabar giant squirrel frolicking in the jungle on the way. From Mettupalayam we took a different route all the way to the airport byepassing the Coimbatore city traffic. All in all a fantastic holiday, we are going back as soon as possible.

long hot day
Mar 21, 2005 (7 photos)

... the drama of the driving when I'm in a taxi. A couple of times today I made myself watch the scenery. In Coimbatore I noticed the most beautiful colored saris. Really spectacular. Tried to get photos but the car was zooming through traffic, so.... ...

small gauge train ride
Mar 22, 2005 (8 photos)

We are doing a little "oh boy it's so cool here dance" inside. It must be in the 60's here. What relief. Up here the flora reminds me a little of San Francisco. Eucalyptus trees, large agave plants, intense wildflowers. And the tea plantations. ...

Ooty Tooty Fruity!!!
Feb 17, 2009

... at a time and keep your sense of humour....well until the next time maybe!   We arrived in a very hot and bustling Coimbatore and booked into somewhere for a night. Over the last few days Dean hadn't had any luck with shifting his sore mouth with ...

Welcome to Bollywood
Dec 26, 2007 (10 photos)

I have added paid movie actor to my resume. How it all went down is beyond me, but I found myself at 6am in front of the mandala with my friend Jessica waiting to be picked up for a half day of shooting. A diesel landcruiser type vehicle pulls up ...

Coimbatore
Sep 7, 2009

... as we moved off.  We arrived in the village of Mettupalayam more or less on time, and then took our onward train to Coimbatore an hour later, unfortunately having to stand for the 45 minute journey, but at least it made it easier to get off as we ...

Rain!
May 12, 2006

Yes, it has rained! And not only that, I've also been cold for the first time; so much so that I had to pull the blanket over me during the night. The reason for this is that we have traveled up into the mountains to a hill station in the Western Ghats. ...

Day 305 - Coimbatore
Feb 25, 2009

Stopped here to get ,y car serviced. 186,885 kms

Tamil Nadu
Jul 16, 2006

Tamil Nadu - Palani

Coimbatore, India
Feb 5, 2006

... as it was frightening. You could hide dinosaurs in those forests and no-one would find them for years. The mosquitos in Coimbatore are the most aggressive I have come across so far. Attacking me in the middle of the afternoon. Huge great things that ...

Mountain train down to Coimbatore
Feb 7, 2007

...to come

Coimbatore
Dec 8, 2006

Just a stop over here on the way to Ooty

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Jan 23, 2007

... been here for 4 days with some friends and are spending their last two nights alone and then continue to some other part of India. They don't leave the island. They just sit, read and watch for animals the entire time. You can't really blame them. This ...

Coimbatore
Dec 6, 2008

... friends of mine, Saravanan Uncle and Kavitha Aunty, from Calgary.  They are spending a year in India, and have just built a gorgeous house in Coimbatore.  We had a very fun day playing with their two girls(extreme cutie pies), doing laundry, ...

this is my first tour
Jun 17, 2008

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