Cheran Palace Coimbatore

... 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 and got a response pronto. They were reasonable and sounded very professional so we decided to hire the minivan from them and they suggested that we be put up in the jenny club and do a local sightseeing trip for a day. Jenny club again was such revelation. It is one of the best clubs that i have ...

... trying to learn or if I was still in the "Happy and Shiny Stage" of being in a new country. It was definately the later of the two. All it took was for one simple rule to get to me.<br><br>I asked the lady in my hostel who is in charge of me if I could go do some shopping in the city with another student, a boy from Poland. Her response, "Boys and girls are not allowed to go into town together". For some reason, this was not just another ...

... was of two tourists getting swindled at a merchandise cart full of miselaneous junk. I am lied to about the age of a ring and quoted a ridiculous price for it. I am doubtful and question him, he reassures me. The hero overhears this and comes in between us to tell the shop keeper what is up. A little yelling with some super animated acting and he sets things straight impressing the ...

... the whole town to shut off. As we left the house to catch the overnight train with a lift from Franklin, we had to cross the city (train station on far side of town). Everything was pitch black, except for all the cars, motorbikes and 3 wheeler yellow taxis beeping their way through. Wow! what a journey! Major floods on the roads (with a good few frogs hopping around!) causing people to walk in the middle of the road and the crazy driving still continued. i ...

... 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 place is spectacular. Considering there are 1.1 billion people in this country, right here, as far as the eyes can see, there are only at most, 15 other people here. 12 guests and 3 staff - Sabu, a waiter and the cook. Of course that doesn't include any of the wildlife. From the garden ...

... only way to get up to Honey Valley is to trek or take a jeep. Since it was raining when we arrived, we were happy to have requested a jeep to meet us at the bus stop and as we held on for dear life, we realized why the average rickshaw would not have made it to the top. The road was bordered on both sides with a variety of bright lush jungle flowers and as we passed a sign reading "Welcome to Honey Valley", it felt like we were arriving home. This is ...

... bidi, which is like smoking a dried oak leaf with a tobacco stem in it. One old-timer was doing just that. The old man had quite an interest in what I was smoking, I told him "tobacco" and they all understood. I also motioned to him that I would give him one if he wanted to try. He did, and I rolled one and gave it to him. . The other men crowded around to see what his reaction would be to this new kind of smoke. I inhaled mine painlessly, and when the Grandfather inhaled his, he ...

... for their land according to what they have registered for taxation purposes. Theoretically the idea works nicely, but like Communism, once put into practise a huge number of problems arise. Our first stop was at a coconut farm called Awanthi Farms. The farm is to the north of Bangalore, and the owner of the farm was sent notices several years ago saying that 1.5 acres of his land were being confiscated through eminent domain for the BMIC. Due to existing legislation, the ...

... t exactly appreciated by any of the Muslims living in the area and our program coordinators were slightly concerned over safety issues, as Benny Hine's disrespect has become associated with Americanism, and thus white skin. Anyways, the slum we visited was about 45 minutes outside of the city and is the location of displaced persons who were living on a piece of land that has now become a site for a sports complex. We went there with an invitation from a grassroots organisation that ...

... sitting in the snow with a six-pack or a bottle of Whiskey. We're everywhere. We introduced ourselves, apologised for being Rangers fans and then went and found a seat. Then the bar closed. That was the one thing about Bangalore. It closes at 11pm. Not the end of the world (pubs in England have been closing at 11pm for years), but it puts a bit of a downer on the night if you only go out at 9 O'Clock. So we had a quick Ice-Cream, then went back to our ...