Thursday, 18 December 2014

India----- a post script.

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                  I have now reached the final entry of this blog. Nothing profound. Back in Canada and preparing for a family Christmas, ...
Sunday, 14 December 2014

And safely back to the starting point.....

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        The circle closes—arrived back in Mumbai. The 11 hour train trip, 650 kms northward from Mangeon, Goa, only about one hour late ar...
Thursday, 11 December 2014

Life on the southern beaches.....

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         Emerged from my Panaji hotel at the rather aggressive checkout time of 9.00am sharp. Not too displeased to see the back of Bless...
Monday, 8 December 2014

The food bug got me at last.....

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Almost at the finish line— and already my chest was puffed out to proclaim that I had survived India’s dodgy food sanitation standards, wh...
Saturday, 6 December 2014

Ambling around Panaji, Goa...

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                 Anyone who has been even an occasional reader of my ‘India’ blog, will know that for me, Neo-colonial style goverment ...
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Thursday, 4 December 2014

Spontaneous day in Mangalore....

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Today was my third and last day in Mangalore and one for which I had not planned any “must see” places to visit.  So with camera batteries...
Wednesday, 3 December 2014

From Mangalore to the coast....

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          Arrived in Mangalore, or rather, survived the 12 hour 300 kms ride north from Kochi to Mangalore. A lonely beach needing mor...
Monday, 1 December 2014

Goodbye Kochi.......

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                          Interesting street art in communist Kerala.....  The calendar has clicked over into December & the fina...
Thursday, 27 November 2014

Absorbing the spicy streets of Kochi....

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                        'Chinese' fishing nets... These legs were made for walking and that’s just what they did today aroun...
Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Up a lazy river.....

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    Visited the famed Kerala ‘backwaters’ yesterday. The ‘boatman’ duly appeared at my guest house Skimming the surface like a mosquito...
Sunday, 23 November 2014

Backwater life in Alleppey....

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Lined up and ready for the tourists...                 A relaxing and complete breakfast served in the comfortable confines of the Ven...
Thursday, 20 November 2014

Life is a beach resort.....

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                Still revelling at the tranquillity and silence of the Akhil Resort, Varkala, ($30/night) secreted away No comment requ...
Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Talking of Kerala....

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    My sharp turn to the right or northwards, once I reached the southern tip of India, brings me to the home Line up for the temple--r...
Monday, 17 November 2014

Tasting Trivandrum....

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             Dutifully doing my tourist thing here in Trivandrum. Although the Arabian Gulf is nearby, the city does not seem to have any ...
Saturday, 15 November 2014

Chatting with folks on the streets of Madurai....

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Completed my meanderings of the central city area of Madurai, fascinating, as they encompass the fourteen temple complex. Heavily domestic...
Friday, 14 November 2014

Visiting the Shrines of Madurai....

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               The objective today was to cover of the central part of the 2500 year old city of Madurai, population 1.8 million, the home...
Thursday, 13 November 2014

Going down the highway...to Madurai.

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           Down to Madurai today, train leaving Tiruchy at 5.00am but who wants to set a 4.15am alarm? Blind man in dangerous bus yard ...
Wednesday, 12 November 2014

High point of Tiruchy....

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Paid my respects to Tiruchy, (pop: 866,000) aka Trichy, aka Tiruchirapalli! Not unusual for Indian cities & towns to have several name...