Adithya Hotel Thanjavur
48, Tanjore Main Road, Kumbakonam Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, 32408, India
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Les grands temples vivant Chola
... nature) pas loin de Kumbakonam. Après un petit fish tikka délicieux, il est 14h, le soleil est au plus haut, une petite sieste ferait le plus grand bien avant d’aller visiter le palais de Tanjore. A la réception, pendant que Guillaume récupère les clés, je vois un papy qui balaie tranquillement des dizaines de cafards ENORMES (et c’est pas un euphémisme, j’ai des preuves à l’appui). On est entouré de ...
Lieblingstempel und indische Gastfreundschaft
... stattfand. Musik, Menschen, Weihrauch und Blumen. Wir haben es geliebt! Ansonsten gibt es noch den alten Königspalast von Thanjavur zu sehen, teils recht schön und farbenfroh restauriert, teils schon ziemlich ramponiert. Natürlich sind wir auch alle Stufen im Turm hinauf gekraxelt. Auf halber Höhe befindet sich übrigens ein Walskelett (!), das - in Ermangelung auch nur eines entfernten Bezugspunktes zum Palast oder zur ...
Tender coconut
... lanes deep into the countryside. The road surface deteriorated significantly, along with the standard of living in the small outskirting villages. Wicker huts with weaved coconut-leaf roofing were scattered in little hamlets. On the bike I felt a lot more engaged in the surroundings - the smells changed suddenly and constantly; from woodsmoke to spice to something truly foul to garlic and oil and incense. Viewing it from the car, I always felt like a spectator at a zoo but ...
Catholic?! Yeah, course I am...
... journey before we jumped out into a little courtyard. The bloke from the furniture shop was there along with one of the guys from the hospital and lots of other people I didn’t know. I realised that we were standing outside a small chapel. Joseph said quietly "we are going to mass now, you don't mind this?" Despite wondering what his reaction would have been had I refused, I followed him into a small and colourful little room with lots of pictures of Jesus and an altar at ...
Acclimatising to food and locals
... seem that little bit more endearing. She hobbled off growling something foul in Tamil, wobbling her way onwards towards the main strip. I quickly dug out my dettol sanitizer and generously disinfected the pick, followed by my hands. I've been checking myself for fleas all afternoon. We went on to Joseph's mate's furniture shop which sold all sorts of wicker chairs and amazing Indian three-piece suites with detailed and colourul patterns. We got an Indian sim card for me to ...


