Heritance Madurai

... definitely the worst 'alter ego' possible for a superhero). The movie is full of action scenes that seem taken directly from 'Mission Impossible' or 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', and Bollywood-like musical scenes woven into the script where main actors wear like pimps / Tony Manero (guys) or like a sweet version of a 'femme fatale' / J. Lo (girls). It will most likely not win a prize in Cannes, but a visit to India is incomplete without an afternoon at the movies.<br><br>

... the narrow streets each one being pointed out and the route reiterated as though I may be left to find my own way back at any minute... The story of Hansel and Gretel sprang to mind but I knew a trail of stones were of no use so much stuff every where and identical lanes with little shops. My knight in 'Auto' armor would appear if need....I hoped! <br>We wandered ...

... temples here, but ... at about 8:45 pm statue of Siva is transferred to Meenakshi temple so the couple can spend the night together. In the morning the statues are washed with coconut milk and changed clothes so they can again be in their separate temples during the day. And so on every day ... That's what Indian friend of mine said: Is'nt the Minakshi temple amazing. Did you know the Authorities out there in Madurai was wanted to present it for the 7 Wonders ...

... us every windmill they could see and there were alot of them. When they were leaving, the main spokesperson for the group turned to me and said in English 'i see you are enjoying your life, Congratulations'. Nadine tried to buy a South Indian cookbook from one of the vendors who sell books to passengers but they thought she meant she was hungry and within a couple of minutes a guy wearing a shirt that read 'train courier' arrived and asked if we ...

Madurai. The festival of human existence that is India in giant, subcontinental nutshell, was Madurai. Lively, colorful, dirty, crowded, loud. Barefoot walkers, cows with red and green striped horns taller than me. Bullock carts cringing under a punishing Indian sun, alleys reeking of various forms of human exhaust, smothered speakers struggling valiantly to declare their relevance. Unfortunately, the sacred, Dravidian Sri Meenakshi ...

... and showed us a rather spectacular view of the Sri Meenakshi temple complex, which was really nice. Look it up on google or whatever, cause i couldnt really take any good pictures of it because all the intricately designed towers are covered up with palm tree leaves at the moment because of the renovation that they do there every 15 years! Bad timing eh?! Ok thats all for this entry but ill do a little bit about Chennai in a separate one now! Namaste

... hotel. Auntie cooked breakfast with the help of some people. not sure if they were hired help or not. but breaky was fan-tas-tic... yep dosai is my friend.. auntie gave me some spices that was mixed in sesame oil to dip the dosai in, and i was sold. that was the tastest Ive eaten :P after fluffing around for a couple of hours, I was taken to my hotel. Uncle came along with me and after some talking with the hotel staff I was given a room. Dropped off my stuff. had a quick ...

... for us they were in the process of being renovated so were covered in scaffolding and thatch. There were a few that we could see however and these looked amazing. The temple structures are adorned with hundreds of brightly painted intricately carved statues of all of the different gods and goddesses. There are people milling about everywhere - praying, giving blessings, socialising and taking pictures.

... were pretty amazing here - 6 large towers ornatley decorated and very colourful - i found a picture on the internet so I have added it to the entry I think?? Once I am in Singapore I am going to attempt to upload some more of my photos so you can see where I've been! I am waiting for an overnight train at the moment, it is going to take me to the beach!!!

... I knew it was often about me. It was hard to work out who was in competition with who and if I bought from the wrong person I was in trouble. I didn't really see many of the sites in Madurai, apart from going to the temple, which I had a great view of from my hotel rooftop. The temple was heaving with people, but there were only a few western tourists, the majority were Indian tourists ...