In September in Tamil Nadu it's rainy season or, also called, monsoon. This year it arrived pretty late (maybe because of “climatic change”?) but, anyway, it arrived and it didn't stop raining for some weeks. India is a confrontating country and we have much rain. On the other hand, it can still be pretty difficult to get water at home. In my village we have some manual water pumps and you can go and get some water from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. each morning. There is such a pump in front of our house and you can see many women filling the buckets up every morning. We are lucky in that we have a more modern system. Look! We have an electric pump. If you switch it one every day for 30 minutes, you can ... read more

Here you are, my little nice story... HE: Local Indian man, maybe around 50. Simple villager and no English (or Catalan!). SHE: Catalan girl, she's 29 and lives in Vedanthangal. She works as a teacher volunteer in an NGO. BACKGROUND: Carol recently had one of those days where you think "What am I doing here in India?" The result of accumulated small problems, the different cultures, bad communication and the tropical pace of life. She needs a break and goes to the lake for a walk. Once there, she sits. The tears start rolling down her cheeks. She is aware of time just ticking by. She listens as somebody approaches her. It is an Indian man wearing a white shirt and white Lungi (kind of cloth that men use to wear us a trousers). She lifts ... 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