God and country - the deep south, part 1

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October 4th 2009

Published: October 4th 2009

This blog covers the time approximately Sep 11 - 15. So in the last blog I left off in the train from Mumbai to Chennai. I think I mentioned most of it already, but one thing I forgot to mention is some of the beggars. I don’t know if it was because I travelled sleeper class - the cheapest class where you still get somewhere to lie down - because on the other train rides later I never saw th... Read Full Entry

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Daniel Gerber

Drinkthewater

UPDATE (April 2013) This site was the blog I kept for my long-term travels, mainly through Asia, in 2009-2010. I'm not maintaining it any more. I've done numerous trips since then but haven't kept them on this blog. I did run my own blog for a year but unfortunately lost that data. END UPDATE For those who're not familiar with blogs, note that this part is only my profile, the blog entries are linked from the bottom of this page (or subscribe, so you'll always know when I have a new one) Having always dreamed about travel, previously mainly done it as three-week or four-week sort... full info

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Trichy

that same water damn thing again

Trichy

Rock Fort temple

Trichy

Trichy - random people

I just wanted a photo of the cannon but these youths wanted their photo taken as many times as possible

Trichy - building works

building works outside my window which continued all night. Why do people do construction work, slowly, at 3 a.m. ?

Trichy

not the main river ... in Trichy. Looks idyllic doesn't it? now be thankful you don't have smellovision.

Trichy

check out this guy's teeth. I'd vote for him just for his honesty.

Trichy

I think this might have been the mansion but I forget

Trichy

ancient statues in the museum

Trichy

a typical street in a small town

Trichy

a lot of houses, even in the city but specially in the country have this artwork on the footpath or road

Trichy - random people

(see comments on previous photo) a little old lady made this one for us, in about five minutes, with what looks like sand or rock salt

Trichy - random people

a family in a nice car stopped and wanted their photo taken with us. That's my sister Liz on camera left

Trichy - Rock Fort Temple

ganesha again

7th October 2009

Arvind
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Use of spices in cooking is good for digestion and general health; but spicy food isn't actually good. Too much of any good thing is bad.

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