Hotel Park Plaza Madurai

... of days in Kolkata but hardly left the hotel, didnt really fancy doing much on my own - couldnt bear the hassle! Anyway we flew down to Chennai (Madras) from Kolkata on a very pleasant air india flight (yummy in flight meal which I got 2 of as al was still poorly!!) and stayed there a day while we booked our train down to Madurai, one of the most popular places in the state of Tamil Urdu and convieniently next to the airport we are ...

... was late evening when we got here & was exhausted from walking & traveling all day, so just got hostel, something to eat & headed for bed.<br>The next day, I headed down to the train station to book tickets to Cochin. Some adventure. Went up to ticket office to be told next train not until 4.30pm, needed to fill out application form & return to desk! i did all this, paid your man, who then sent me upstairs to the main boss to get the go ahead. went upstairs to bosses office ...

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... you wanted to snap a piece off and eat them like candy. beautiful. Some of the towers are being renovated at the moment and are covered in palm thatching and bamboo scaffolding but you get the whole idea of the awe-inspiring work here. It was fascinating to watch the workers climbing the scaffolding to repair and paint the carvings and from our position under the workers i finally found out that they don't free ball under the lunghi cloths ...

... Pondicherry ( some 500km) or in Indian terms a few days on the bus we made the executive decision to try out the delights of Madurai and then Trichy. Both cities are firmly on the tourist trail ( if there were any tourists to be had), as they are important religious sites for a royal dynasty of unsurpassed wealth. So with the usual gateway temples and religious icons on offer we ...

... Rangoli (which is a chalk drawing done by the girls of the house during the month before pongal) on the pavement outside with "Welcome Charlotte" in it which I was quite chuffed with. I then got taken off inside a lovely green and purple house, one of my favorite colour combinations, and dressed up in a Peacock blue silk Sari before the ceremony began. I know I was interested in only cotton saris but wearing a silk one topped ...

... toe wat frisjes (dwz: het was mogelijk een jeansbroek aan te doen zonder af te zien van de warmte), zagen we in de krant dat het 29 graden was... (conclusie:wij gaan kou lijden in belgie) maar hier is het weer een 'aangename' 35-40 graden gok ik met een stralend zonnetje dus we zijn tevreden. Laat dat kleurtje nu maar komen (nb: mn tenen hebben volgens mij nog nooit zo bruin gezien ...

... You have to be ****ing kidding me right? I t hink not, I'm going to call uncle and ask him. As i was dialing uncle the man did a massive back peddle. On the phone uncle told me not to pay him as he was already paid, and to send him to see uncle. :) So I told the rickshaw driver this: go to uncle, me no pay, then turned around and headed for my room... Sigh.. what an interesting afternoon... Had dinner at aunties and uncles place. they make yummy food.. although very spicey for me!

... Luke went over to check it out and we ended up with a refund as our bus was cancelled. We were pointed towards the last two seats on the last bus to Pondicherry that evening, let's just say, it wasn't luxurious..... but it did just fine... and it only cost 3pounds for both of us again. The journey was fine but Luke's window kept sliding open and about 3hours later (after holding it and trying to sleep) he came up with the idea of jamming it shut with his buff, which we've now washed. xxxx

... yet beautiful scenes of everyday life that give so much flavor to India. Not too much later that night, and I am sitting in a bar in the basement of a neighboring high-rise hotel drinking a whiskey and water (drink of the Indians). Oh, and the bar is decked out like the inside of a spaceship! Music is blasting. Lights are very dim sans flashing red and green lights and control panels. I think I was sitting near a rocket booster or something... Groups of ...