Vpv Hotel Thanjavur

... so we walked towards town, dodging muddy puddles, jumping over broken drain covers showing glimpses into what was going on in the ditches where the black water trickled over the heaps of rubbish stinking of urine and slime. Men stood around in groups outside milk bars and under banyan trees or went about their business. People were getting breakfast of Buri and Chutney and Coconut sauce and some other spicy sauce off banana leaves, eating with their hands. We joined them and got served ...

Apres 3h30 de voygage en bus dans l'apres midi a qq 40/45°C, on arrive a la ville de Tanjore, et on s'oriente vers un hotel qui a la bonne idee d'avoir un bar... on se prend une bonne biere fraiche pour se remettre de la chaleur. L'hotel et la chambre ne portant pas au farniente, on finit la journee par un bon resto, et a la tombee du jour, on se ballade dans l'enceinte du temple vieux de pres de 1200 ans: une vraie merveille sous les illuminations, bougies et feux ou prient ...

... op. Bagefter koerer vi til endnu et tempel hvor vi velsignes af en elefant. Inden vi besoeger bronzestoeberfamilien ser vi et meget kedeligt museum med bronzestatuer... Men bronzestoeberiet er et spaendende sted. Vi ser hvordan en bronzefigur bliver til hos en familie der har stoebt bronze i 9 generationer. Vi koeber ogsaa en lille figur med - men ikke for stor, vi skal jo selv baere ...

... to take that first step onto the escalator. I even saw quite a few people turning around and heading towards the elevator! From what I hear after the last presidential debate, the polls show that Obama is leading by double digits? I know the polls don't mean too much and that things can change drastically in two weeks, but please tell me that that's true and please reassure me, since I don't hear too much about ...

... big gold bit in the centre. However we paid 10 rupees at a bookshop and a girl unlocked a big iron gate that allowed us to climb up onto the roof to get a fairly good view. We are grateful that we had a guidebook to tell us such things exist, as you wouldn't guess otherwise! Anyhow, enough about temples, as actually, the day was to get a bit more interesting (temples are very pretty and everything, but hey...). We popped back to the hotel for a freshen up and a bite to eat nearby and ...

... the tickets at the door was openly smoking a joint and offered to share it with us. Had we taken him up on the offer, the place might have looked more exciting:) A lot of people over here are stoned any time of day (both tourist and locals). That's the only way to explain the elaborate ritual of making a coffee order: "Coffee with milk, no sugar please" "Black coffee?" "With milk, please" "Ah, milk coffee! Okay ...

... That's all for now - India is such a big place, we are trying to plan some sort of intinery which is more difficult than it sounds, we'll update you again soon. One more funny thing, when asking a question to the locals we never get a nod or shake of their head - we get a 'wobble' - we just thought they were being rude to the whities but everyone does it - it's the funnest thing ever - sorry just had to put this in so i can remind myself of it in years to come Nic and Matt

... in a grubby little place called Chidambaram and had to change rooms because ours had a flying ant infestation. On the way to Thanjavur on the bus we met some great people from GB who had lots of local knowledge because their family are from Maduari and we arranged to meet up in a few days. Thanjavur is famous for its 1000-year-old rock fort and temple. As with most tourist attractions there were a lot of beggars waiting outside for us which is sometimes difficult but the ...

... sorry I missed you when you came down!!!!! Wayne - good luck with starting - you know me too well.......... yes am very excited about the glass dinning table!!!!!!! Can you get Zoe's email address for me please or just send her the link! Anyway thanks for the messages everyone I know I haven't written anything about the work I am ACTUALLY doing here ................. but I reckon that's best left to tomorrow.................... Lots of love Dena xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

... de lokale pizzahut. Dan kwamen we tot de conclusie dat we aan de verkeerde tempel stonden. (Nageshwara swami Shiva temel) Nu ja een tempel meer of minder. Opnieuw op weg naar de eindbestemming Thanjavur, waar we de Big tempel bezochten met de grappige gids Raja. Veelte weten gekomen over lokale Hindu-gebruiken en Hindu-goden. 9 blijkt een heilig getal te zijn; wat werd ...