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

It’s proving harder than usual to find an Internet connection so reports from India could be few and far between this time! I think it’s Monday evening now (I’m sure about the evening part, so I haven’t completely lost it). Still, since this is the first report, I’d better start at the beginning. The flight was early on Friday morning. And I do mean early - 5 to 8 take off from Heathrow. I had a taxi booked from home for 4:45 but seeing how the snow was predicted for early Friday, I changed plans late on Thursday afternoon, found a cheap room near the airport and got on the half seven train instead. That worked out OK: I got a reasonable night sleep before the flight and left the Holiday Inn at 6 am for ... read more

Hi folks I visited Mahabalipuram which is 65 KM away from Chennai on ECR(East Coast Road). The journey from Chennai to Mahabalipuram or mamllapuram is unforgettable due to its magnificent scenic views. It takes about one and half hour to reach mahabalipuram. The place is famous for its stone carvings temples and monuments. The most important places are Shore temple which is a World Heritage site. The monuments are mostly rock-cut and monolithic, and constitute the early stages of Dravidian architecture wherein Buddhist elements of design are prominently visible. They are constituted by cave temples, monolithic rathas (chariots), sculpted reliefs and structural temples. The pillars are of the Dravidian order. The sculptures are excellent examples of Pallava art. It is believed by some that this area served as a school for young sculptors. The different sculptures, ... read more

Well not much as some rascal decided to relieve me of my wallet and my mobile phone while I was getting on the bus at Badami! It was one of those situations where you have to fight with another hundred people to try to get onboard the local bus... Lots of pushing and shoving and squeezing to get through the bus door and then you notice that something is missing! And I noticed straight away, but who to blame... There are a hundred people who could have done it, all looking perfectly innocent and most of them of course are... I told the bus driver and conductor straight away and there was a commotion on the bus and lots of tut tutting that somebody would do such a thing... They recommended I go to the police, ... read more

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! hope you all had a good one! ours was different! we spent the morning cooking panckes and strolling on the beach! lol. we made each othe sun hat stockings so we had fun lil pressies to open so we were in the christmas mood!!! we had all the things that you cant get very often in india as xmas treats like red bull! nuttella and croissants! wooo! for our dinner everyone made a dish and we made tatziki! and had lots of crackers and brown bread which is a rareity in this country! was nice to be in a big group of ppl everyone is pretty sound here! on christmas eve us girls thought we would treat ourselves so we went to this expensive hotel on the beach who have all imported alcohl ... read more

I woke up early one morning to try and catch the fishermen heading out. Too early, it was rainy and the tides had risen far enough for anyone to start heading out. Did get some pics of the boats and the beach. ... read more