Ruby Lodge Madurai

Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

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Brief Stop In Madurai

A travel blog entry by jessandniall

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... dedicated to being brutally honest about how the British were brutal during the Empire. Standing there in one of my new Indian outfits, roasting in the big old house, I started to feel a bit faint, along with guilty. So we quickly checked out Gandhi's bloody loin cloth that he was assassinated in and headed back to the hotel. That evening we had tea on the roof of a nearby hotel, with a nice view of the city below and temple in the distance. Here we met a ...

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

A travel blog entry by kapilkhimdas

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... Train
Train travel is the mainstay of India. 50-million people take long-distance trains every day, and Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world. I loved taking the train, and I think any visitor to the country should do at least one trip by train, as you see a microcosm of Indian society.

Trains cover so much distance that specific routes are dedicated to specific trains (i.e. the Chennai-Mysore express ...

Indiske talenter

A travel blog entry by currycow

... rupees forhandlingen omhandler, end man selv har, men det er princippet og desuden er 10 rupees mere her end hvad vi kan få i Danmark for samme beløb (som er forsvindende lille i det 1 kr svarer til mellem 8 og 9 rupees).

Jeg er kold i sådan en situation. Hvor jeg i starten gladeligt betalte overpris er jeg nu en benhård kunde som gerne går mens sælgeren råber lavere og lavede bud, indtil jeg er villig til at købe endnu en undværlig stofpose eller lignende til ...

Southern Hospitality

A travel blog entry by janagorski

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... on our first day who made Darren some shirts and a pair of pants and a salwar (similar to a tunic) and pants for myself. In the process of fitting us, telling us when the best times to see the temples were, where the best places to eat with the best views are, where the best internet cafe's, samosas, jewelry shops, etc are. No doubt there's a bit of a network here of "I'll help you if you help me" but their recommendations have turned out pretty accurate. But it ...

Tiden flyver

A travel blog entry by currycow

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... Der skal alle vores artikler ligge klar til første gennemlæsning, da bladet går i trykken den 22. februar.
I dag færdiggjorde jeg min anden artikel, på dansk til hjemmesiden http://www.maduraimessenger.org/, om spådomme. Glæder mig til at den bliver gennemlæst og forhåbentlig brugt på nettet! Ved dog ikke hvem der skal gennemlæse den da den eneste korrekturlæser vi har er Nandini, som retter de engelske artikler til det trykte magasin.
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