Ttdc Tamil Nadu Ii Madurai

Saturday morning, we set out on the drive across Tamil Nadu to the city of Madurai, the hometown of our driver Manoj. This was another scenic drive, as we passed through a lot of rural villages with many South Indians going about their daily lives. There was lot of greenery around here, and Manoj was educating us on how to spot the many fruit trees that grow such as mango, papaya, coconut and banana. <br><br>We got to Madurai, checked into the ...

... concrete houses and straw huts, my ever polite English manners crossed that it was concrete and I could stick it out for one night. <br><br>Tired after traveling but wide awake with wonder we arrived at a steel gated, two story, three roomed concrete house. 'Home' for what became a very enjoyable, enlightening, photo taking week. <br> <br>No open defecation required! <br>

... the World. With huge sculptured gates (ach approx. 150 mtrs tall) &amp; thousands sculptured pillars. Beautiful architecture.' Thank you Sanjeev - I didn't know. Temples in Bangalore, Madurai, Hampi http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 1051&amp;id=1387922267&amp;l=fdcb8df2ec POLISH Z Amritapuri - Kollam pojechalismy pociagiem do Madurai - ok 9 godzin. Madurai jest to duzy osrodek sakralny, wiekowe miasto, gdzie rozwijala sie sztuka i literatura, a takze kwitl ...

... some chappati bread. So it was that we discovered the train courier service guys who will run food from the platforms for you in during the brief stops. As night started to fall, the legitimate ticket holders of our sleeper beds boarded the train and we had to vacate the seats and walk with our packs through the very narrow aisles for the entire length of the moving train whilst trying not to bump into limbs or spill people's banana leaf thali ...

... was being renovated, and their riotously colorful towers hidden from view. After a deeply hot and exhausting walk to get there, all we could really do was flop down on the sidewalk, in the first hint of shade we could find, and feebly sip from our bottle of absurdly relieving cold water. I was perfectly content just to sit and watch the world pass me by. The rainbow procession of sari and gold clad women, the lush green of ...

The drive to Madurai was on good roads with few vehicles as there is a strike affecting supply of diesel, but even so the long drive was broken up with a bush camp along the way. A large 3 sided compound was noticed, and the occupiers permission we set up camp, well most of us, 3 passengers had a thing against Bush Camps and so the Drago leader assisted them to find ...

... and headed back to uncles house, where I'd wait for the other uncle to come pick me up and take me to Meenakishi temple. One of the most famous and beautiful temples in Madurai. I also asked uncle if he knew of a seamstress so i can get my saree top sewn. and as luck would have it yep he did. So Uncle organised this person to meet us at the temple. Uncle and I got into the rickshaw and headed towards the temple. Once we got to the temple I had to take my shoes off. so i did ...

March 17- After a 6 hour bus ride, I arrived in Madurai at 4pm. The bus station is 10 kms from the center of the city so I caught a local bus there for 3 Rupees. I found a room in the center and stayed there for 2 nights. Madurai is one of south India's oldest cities with Tamil and Greek documents dating it's existence back to the 4th century B.C. Unfortunately the city's ...

(At least please read below for description of temple.) I arrived in Madurai yesterday from Kodaikanal, after a pleasant journey down through the mountains. Same situation after stepping off the bus, the normal clan of rickshaw drivers and touts, trying to get you to go to their hotel or use them as your sightseeing guide. But what else to do? I took a "scooter" with one of the guys. Funny oddity about Madurai, they apparently calls rickshaws scooters. As this guy ...

... about their religious rituals that I don't really understand, but find interesting to watch. The temple is huge and I forgot which entrance I left my shoes at, so I had to wander the filthy streets barefoot until I found them. My feet aren't quite as tough as the Indians, so walking on the red hot uneven ground was slightly painful. I spent alot of time aimlessly wandering the streets, taking ...