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Tangerine trees and marmalade skies...
So Trivandrum wasn't all that... Great.. of an idea. I think I shot too far south by a bit; should have just flown to Kochin (or Cochin or Kochi or Cochi, whatever, will change as to who you ask) but, I did spend two nights in Alleppey (actually it was in Ambalappuzha- just south) on the Keralan backwaters. It was gorgeous- quiet, calm, strangely …
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Last day in Kerala!
... by a
long way. Next stop Amritsar and the gorgeous golden temple. But first I need
to introduce Matt to Delhi. That should be an experience for sure and I am
quite looking forward to tackling it with two people, just to see how the
dynamics change with all the haggling that needs to be done. Should be a fun 6
nights thats for sure. In other news, we had a lovely sunny day yesterday so it
looks like the monsoon could be on its way out ...
Welcome to Kerala
... it
was time to move on from Goa, so off we went at 4.30 this morning. The airport
was a good hour and a half away, then flight to Mumbai then connecting flight to
Kerala or Trivandiumdiumtriva something. Honestly, look up the full name of the
airport for Kerala and you will see what I mean. The annoying thing is that
their is no connecting flight straight from Goa. You either go from Delhi or
...
Joy adds to the Blog
... everyone it seems shops at these street bazaars. Saw some really weird fruit/veg - Goth-type gourds with spikes. Maybe they are a mad type of cucumber! Oh and some scary -looking things called elephant food (maybe the guy said "elephant foot" - it is sometimes/usually difficult to get the hang of local pronunciation.) These foods or foots were big roundish brown things, bigger than a pumpkin that could be monster sweet-potatoes because they had that earthy look. We ...
Amma's Ashram
... really understood and followed her teachings! But the main thing that impressed me about Amma was her charity work, which helped fill a HUGE gap in social services in India for the poor and for victims of natural disasters. Particularly after the Tsunami, she bought new boats for the fishermen and built many many cement houses for the homeless. She started hospitals and medical centers, universities and ...


