Sangam Madurai
Alagarkoil Road Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 625002, India
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Special day
Today was one of those days you don't forget. We visited the Joe Homan charity atThirumangalam outside Madurai. Getting there was an adventure in itself as no one spoke English and all the bus destinations were unfathomable Luckily we had a leaflet with us about the charity and after two buses and many entertaining 'conversations' we arrived.The charity was founded by Joe Homan in the 70's(do look up the website) to provide homes and education for the poorest families in this part ...
Temples, temples, temples.
... they followed us, hugged us and asked endless questions with the little english they knew. The girls would ask questions then be so so shy when you replied, while the boys were boistorous and climbed over one another to get closer to us. After being stormed for a photo, it was time for our lovely temple day to be over and we traipsed through the dusty heat of the city back to our hotel for more food and sleep. Tomorrow... Kerala?
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Ny rejse og ny ven
Helt spontant(som altid) fandt vi ud af at jeg skulle tage til byen Madurai og moede Ruksanas ven Sinthil, som jeg skulle bo hos, og som ville vise mig et stoerre tempel i Madurai og et museum om Gandhiji :)
Mens jeg boede hos Sinthil i Madurai snakkede vi selvfoelgelig en masse sammen og jeg er virkelig glad for at Ruksana sendte mig til ham, for han er blevet en af mine bedste venner her i Indien. Vi er ...
NEJ!
... et dokument, for derefter at stå i kø ved yderligere to skranke for at få en togbillet eller altid være ude i ekstra god tid fordi ingen andre er det.
Hellere bruge ventetiden på at se miljøet ændre sig konstant for øjnene af en og meditere lidt over situationen og livet end at dø af stress.
Men på et punkt bliver man nødt til at ryste tålmodigheden af sig og sætte i gear. Hvis man vil på bussen, især hvis det gælder et sæde på de længere ture, handler det om både ...
A Hard Days Work in Madurai
... here but I was reluctant to pay an auto-rickshaw because we've been a little over budget this week. When a bicycle-drawn-rickshaw-man asked us if we'd like a ride, I thought that would be a better option. We bargained him down from 100 rupes to 60 and jumped in.
After no less than 2mins I was starting to regret my decision. This poor fellow was really struggling with the weight of the 2 of us in the back - 130kgs between us. I ...



