Blogs from Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia - page 3

Hej Er vel ved at falde lidt til. Egentlig eller saadan da. Er blevet snydt saa vandet driver af den lokale skraedder, er begyndt at spise mad serveret ud af et hul i en vaeg og falder konstant i snak med de lokale. Er oppe kl 6.15 hver morgen og dyrke to timer yoga og har koebt en lille tromme (samme historie som med skraederen og stenhuggeren foer det..) og med den foelger ubegraenset undervisning - altsaa undtagen naar han lige faar muligheden for at undervise et par canadiere der tilfaeldigvis kommer forbi... Det betyder med andre ord at jeg skal i poolen nu. Det handler i hoej grad om at jeg skal laere at sno mig, acceptere og give slip naar ting er udenfor min kontrol og isaer holde mit temperament i kort snor. Naar ... read more

Hello! It seems to have been a little while but I seem to have been doing a lot of moving over the last few weeks and am getting quite used to curry for 3 meals a day. I did eventually manage to make myself leave the plentiful supply of cornflakes that was Varkala and in a bizarre twist of circumstances checked myself into the local Cult. Yes, that is right i said Cult. Don’t worry 2 months in India has not turned me into a complete Spiritual hippy but having met a lot of people that had been I decided to pay it a visit. Its an interesting place, designed a bit like a 24 floor posh council estate it has shops, juice bars, a swimming pool (full dress only allowed), a charity shop and a ... read more

El avión de Sri Lankan Airlines parte rumbo a Chennai (Madras) repleto hasta los topes. Nada más despegar señores indios y lankenses de frondosos bigotes empiezan a pasearse, mercadear, eruptar,... Las azafatas optan por esconderse y callar. Una hora mas tarde aterrizamos, finalmente en India. Atravesamos el centro de Chennai ( con mas de 6 millones de habitantes) en medio de un tráfico horroroso, y empiezo a apreciar las diferencias con su vecino sureño: más sucio, más caótico, más agresivo.... Una vez en la estación de autobuses nos subimos a uno con destino a Mamallapuram. Mamallapuram es una pequeña ciudad al sur de Chennai que consta de varias calles jalonadas de tiendas y restaurantes para turistas, hostales y algun que otro señor que pasa susurrandote al oido: ¿hachis, Sir? Nada más llegar ya nos encontramos al ... read more

Yesterday my colleague Lourdes and I went to Habeeb's place to have dinner. Habeeb is a man who lives in Vedanthangal. He's about 45 years old and he is married and has a beautiful daughter. He has a shop. He doesn't have many things in his shop, and we thought that maybe it was another kind of shop.... (some joints behind the cookies?). Well... probably, because he is a business man!! And Lourdes is a business woman so... you can imagine me in the middle, like an umpire on a tennis court! And now I am sure of this. Not joints – but many other things! It’s very funny! It started some weeks ago with beer. We are in the middle of nowhere and it's difficult to find an apple here, so imagine one beer!! It ... read more

Look at him! Isn't he nice? Oh yes, he is!! I want to introduce him to you. He's my editor! Yes, I have an editor! What a high! I explained my project about writing new articles for the Travel Blog and he suggested some ideas to me and offered to make some corrections if I needed them. And he is the one most responsible for this crazy idea about writing another blog in English! It's his fault, for sure (thank you!). And do you know why? First of all he invited me to the Travel Blog site and I was very curious, I wanted to explore it! But, why in English? Because he's Australian. I met him through Couchsurfing.org and I'm spending many hours talking and writing to him in English. Yes, he's also my English ... read more