Fortune Pandiyan Madurai

... of pedestrians (they don't bother with paths in South India!) I'm staying with a lovely family with my own room and en-suite, and a servant who refuses to let me do anything to help! Today I visited the school I will be teaching at, and met some of the politest children I've ever come across! In the space of a minute I was complimented on everything imaginable; there are so few white-skinned people in Madurai that for many children, it is the first time they will have seen anyone ...

Hi All,<br><br>The dodgy SIM card broc was on about in the earlier entry ended up not being at all dodgy, smart ****!<br><br>After being asked to do an extra in a film, we went for a wander & look at the shops, had sumid to eat & went to meet broc's 'agent'. She turned up at 7pm along with two other french girls & an American fellow! We hopped in a tuc-tuc, yes all five & the driver six! tight squeeze! we drove out to where the film was being shot, took twice as long, as the tuc ...

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... ktorego maz moze ozenic sie ponownie. Dla wlasnego bezpieczenstwa pierwsza zona zgadza sie na to, by poslubil jej siostre - jesli jest to inna kobieta, to czesto sie zdarza, ze pierwsza zona jest wyrzucana z domu bez zadnych srodkow. W przypadku kiedy nie ma dzieci z 'winy'meza, to dziecko moze byc zaadoptowane lub malzonkowie zyja bez dzieci. Jedynym obowiazkiem dziewczynek kiedy sa male jest sluchanie rodzicow, kiedy sa starsze, maja mezow - jest sluchanie meza ...

... us into the innermost shrine which is cut out of the solid rock and usually for Hindu's only. Big news here is Slumdog Millionnaire winning so many Oscars. We went to see it a while back and it was great to see it in an Indian cinema, we didn't get sub titles for the Hindi bits but we got the gist of what was going on. The audience really got into it and cheered and booed in all the right places. Brilliant.

... if i didn't want to. But this place had a spectacular view of one of the golden temples. So i went in. who wouldn't :) Inside i was introduced to several people, none whom i can remember, however, the man that took me to the roof to show me the temple was a man from the himalayas. He has a wife and child still living there and he works in india to ear money. We spoke for about an hour on that rooftop. I don't think I will ever forget it. I really enjoyed chatting with ...

... We were picked up by a friendly little guy who took us to his stall where we picked out some material we liked and got measured up. Went to a restaurant for lunch before heading back to the hotel so Luke could rest. We returned to the tailors about 5ish to pick up our clothes which we were very excited about. Wandered across the road to the temple and entered our normal state of ambling through with confused expressions. It was the best temple we've been to so far though. Went for tea ...

... I would not know quite how to describe it here in Madurai, but one thing struck me as I meandered around the busy streets - with the usual congestion, honking, vendors, action, you name it - I have been out of the city for some time! I felt like a hick living out in the sticks who had just been transplanted into New York City! If by hick do I mean a funny white guy, and by sticks do I mean I have been up in the mountains in small hillstations for more than ...

... and woolly cardie in India but at 2,500m it got quite chilly at night. I've given up being excited by seeing monkeys now, but wild peacocks and fallow deer were brilliant. Do fallow deer come from India I wonder? Anyway Jon is arriving Monday so I've got mega temple seeing to do before I dash off to Kerala to meet him.