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Welcome To Chennai - Madras - India
Mimpi apa gue semalem... perasaan baru kemaren di Indo, terus lanjut Malaysia, sekarang udah nyampe di Chennai India... Asli, orang2 India tuh gak sabaran dan tertinggal lah kalo dari segi ekonomi dibandingkan Indonesia... Populasi penduduk disini luar biasa padat! itu sebabnya gak heran semua orang di jalanan rusuh, padat, klakson sana sini... …
Southern India Wrapped Up
... and Trichy. We even got to see a bride and groom in wedding action, and locals being blessed by an elephant. It was all intriguing, cool, relaxing, but of course, this was Southern India wrapped up.
During our journey through the great country of India, we were always looking forward to Southern Indian cuisine. But to be honest, at first, we were a tad disappointed with the food. That was until we got into the deep south and indulged in parothas (Southern Indian ...
Dutch fort in Sadras in better state than in 1989
... India Chennai journalist Hussain Kodinhi who on the day we arrived in Chennai, 25 February, had a big article published under the headline: Sadras Fort Cries for Attention. “The remains of the Dutch Fort, once an important centre for production and trade of muslin cloth, are now covered in wild glass”
For us the wild grass, rather than a nice lawn you see at other ASI sites, adds to the ...
Endings and beginnings
... celebrated and honoured with fresh flower garlands in their hair. Jasmine blossoms are often used for this and add a sweet fragrance at the same time. Even though life might be full of hard labor it can, at the same time be so beautiful!
But also the gruesome aspects of life are part of public life as well. We were shocked to see some of the pictures used in the newspapers. One time it was the victims of a terrible traffic accident, another time a photo of 5 ...
Na vylete po okoli
... Hi", tak som im odpovedal "Hi". Velmi ich to potesilo, ze mozu nejakemu cudzincovi povedat nieco a on odpovie. Bol som pre nich taka velka zijuca hracka. Skalali okolo a kricali "How are you?" (ako sa mas?) a ja som odpovedal "Great! and you?" a skvelo sa na tom zabavali. Potom za mnou prisiel chlapik co mal asi 40 rokov a chcel aby som ho odfotil. Nevedel som presne co tym chce dosiahnut, tak som ho najprv ignoroval. Ale dostal som sa na konie slepej ulicky a musel som ist naspat ...