Coimbatore, India Travel Blogs

13/01/08 : Dimanche a Coimbatore
Jan 13, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 6, 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 ...

Day 305 - Coimbatore
Feb 25, 2009

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

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

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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training starts!
Jun 20, 2008 (2 photos)

it starts

Coimbatore (Kovai, The Manchester of South India)
Sep 12, 2004

Gallery

coimbatore
Aug 25, 2009

... call taxis are not same. you have many things to see in and around Coimbatore. I will be writing more about coimbatore, and other places in India for you travel comfortably and enjoy all the tours and travels at the cheapest cost. Have a nice day.Wish you ...

Bankie Goes to Bollywood
May 10, 2003

... had been Suchee's college buddy a few years earlier. "We're gonna get some beers, get some food, and then cruise around Coimbatore tonight.  Sound good?" he asked. "Is the pope a catholic?" I replied except I never really. "That sounds good," I ...

Coimbatore travel experience
Oct 8, 2009 (1 photos)

... a good airconditioned tempo traveller. We found Kannan Tours & Travels Pvt Ltd as one of the leading car rental companies in coimbatore and found very good reviews about them too. So we decided to email them on the mail id provided in their website& ...

Coimbatore, India
Feb 6, 2006

Monday 6th February 2006 After a rather interesting curry breakfast I caught a rickshaw to Coimbatore V.O.C. Mini Zoo. It turned out that it was very little distance away from my hotel. I was due to meet the zoo director Dr. S.Thirukumaran and ...

Coimbatore
Nov 13, 1986

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