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Laidback Town of Trichy
After a long drive from Madurai, we felt that we should put a stop on visiting temple at this point. As you participate in the events of the temple, they would charge you for everything and there's always a conman waiting to make a quick buck wherever you go.
We all kinda felt very exhausted after reaching the SRM hotel, our next stop. …
Day 24 - Trichy
We arrived at Trichy around 11AM and checked into the hotel. In the afternoon we visited the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple. This temple is the biggest Hindu temple in Asia. It was built between the 11th and 18th century with a few 20th century additions. Dedicated to Vishnu God, the single sanctum temple has seven concentric walls and 22 gopurams ( …
Day One - Weekend Road Trip!
... Deb is just a lovely woman, she's been here nearly a year with her husband and she promptly invited me to go out to the "shops" with her ... and we set up a plan for the next Tuesday.
Dean had booked a weekend driver from the service his company uses -- because we found them to be the most reasonable and reliable. We requested he show up for a really early start, but he showed up an hour late. We wanted to get into Tiruchirappalli (or Trichy for short) ...
Another temple climb
... decided to dedicate the
morning to seeing what Trichy was most famous for, the rock fort. 200
to 300 sweltering steps up to 2 temples dedicated to Ganesh. We figured
the public bus would be the best and cheapest way to get there, we
asked around for the bus and were directed to a large crowd of people.
These were going to be our competition for seats on the 4km journey. It
wasn't looking good with every bus that passed so crowded people were
...
Acclimatising to food and locals
... the folds of dark skin with her beady eye, and then turned her gaze back to me, looking with deep and unforgiving scrutiny. She fleetingly reminded me of a pirate for some reason. I smiled sheepishly, and slowly put my hand in to retrieve the pick. The cup was empty apart from my contribution, which left me feeling sad for her but on the other hand I was questioning whether she emptied the cup into her folded robes at regular intervals to make her pitifully empty ...
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