Second Home 4 U Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)

... until the crocs scared the bejezus outta me, the reservoir swims were incredible
safari: lion safari in India -- totally didn't see that one coming

And the people I've met:
Alex from Berlin meeting up in Bangalore for drinks
Maartje from Holland meeting up in Cochin for a backwater trip
Mithiele from Brazil TTCer who used to do capoeira, we'll meet up in Shanghai ...

... her hippie claptrap spiritual remedies to the wide-eyed mothers of South Park, posing her two assistant, voiced by Cheech and Chong, as Native Americans to lend credibility to her
wares. High point of the episode: when Kyle falls ill with appendicitis, they urge his mom to take him for proper western medical treatment, confessing: "were not really like Native Americans. We're more like ... a ... Mexican."
Trivandrum, Kerala, India david_chung

... s'Old Man Emu'. I tried to talk our new buddy Joe who was from Currumbin on the Gold Coast (small world) into being the **** and legs of the emu, Nadsy was primed up to do the head, neck and beak and i had baggsed making the noise with the cardboard flapping. We had to can it because we couldn't source enough bottle tops to make a bush band rattling stick and a tea chest base was out of the question. Joe was a lovely lad and we've decided that if we could ...

... is quantity escalation. Ed started with 2 shirts and me with 1 pair of pants and a blouse. Now I have 3 pairs of pants, 2 blouses, and am planning a 3rd. One of the pants is a beautiful intense blue with dark red and purple and bright gold borders down the sides (this is all part of the fabric). They're gorgeous and I want a blouse to match. I don't know how I'll get this stuff home. Update: I was broken hearted when I ...

So there is a long story from Kanaykumari (the Southern most tip of India) but I will post it tomorrow because I'm tired. For a short post though, let me tell you about taking your shoes off in rickshaws. Rickshaws are open on both sides from the floor to cieling. There is a little bar to keep you from jumping out but that's it. I took my shoes off because Leila, my travelling companion and I ...

... a pod of Dolphins swam by, yup dolphins, every once and a while one would really fly up so we could see almost the whole body come out of the water...amazing!!! We met some women from Toronto, very nice and guess what? she knows my neighbor, Joy, her kids went to the same school as Emily and I did, funny! Lots of Germans we met on older man who swims like you would mot believe..Ewald, we thought at first he was so far out that he must be a lost dolphins but about 30 min later ...

... house guests over the years. I am happy to say there were no corpses among the photos.. (you will have to read my Kerala entry to find out about that one!) All of my Indian visits and adventures have been embarked upon with both a sense of amusement, as well as a modicum of sensibility! I have learned that you tend to get what you expect here.. and if you expect things'll be difficult, they probably will be! The heat, and getting from A to B are ...

... park in search of the tigers. Initially, all we saw were a handful of deer and some parakeets, just like Richmond Park back home. On our second foray, we spotted a tiger asleep under a tree not far from the track. Cue build-up of tourist vehicles. The tiger, probably fed up with all the noise, soon got up and ambled off down the track, followed by a procession of over-excited tourists in trucks and jeeps. He eventually left the track, and there was an ...

... We met some really cool Swedes and Israelis and had some good chills staring at the stars on top of our hotel's rooftop patio. From Jaisalmer we went to Udaipur, which was an amazing town on a lake with palaces and temples all around it. If you've ever seen the first twenty minutes of Octopussy, you'll recognize Udaipur. The best part is, every night, at every restaurant in town, they're showing Octopussy. However, Octopussy made no sense ...

... figures, describes Amma as "one of the most glorious lights to appear in the history of religion. Just her stamina - embracing these millions of people one by one, day after day, without a break, all over the world - is some kind of divine gift. No mere human resources could accomplish this. http://www.amritapuri.org/ Amma's Dream: "Everyone in the world should be able to sleep without fear, at least for one night. Everyone should be able to eat to his fill, at least for ...