Blogs from Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia - page 4

we really enjoyed pondicherry. it's going to go down as one of my fave places definately. very indian, very tamil, but also, quite a lot french! our room had the best air con we have had so far... we had to wrap up in several blankets at night. it was fab, although it did make it even harder when we had to leave the hotel..... we visited Auroville. what / where is auroville you ask. well, please see auroville.org if you would like to hear about it without a massive dose of cynicism (as usual). this is what the website says.... "Auroville wants to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. The purpose of Auroville ... read more

Beach! Hurrah for the beach!!! With a massive park full of natural, and man-made rock temples to play in we spent many hours exploring and marveling at the skill and patience of the sculptors and carvers who created this amazing spectacle. With a long beach and so many rocks/ caves around its a good place to escape the crazy temple towns of Tami for awhile. Granite carvings seem to be specialist work here with temple deity's been crafted here for export to new temples around the globe. Stone mason chisels and drills run from sunrise to sunset. Rising at sunset we watched the fisherman retrieve their nets before finding the 5 Rathas/ temples carved from a single boulder. A popular traveler hang out it has been a great place to stock up on suppliers and prepare ... read more

Not much to say today, except ITS BLOODY HOT and I had beer and I'm tired, night night xxx... read more

Udv a hires Mammalapurabol, mely lehet egyfajta Indiai Kiscelli-Szentendre-Skanzen-Siofok... minden van itt ami a megfaradt turistanak kellhet: kisvarosiassag: parezer lakos, beacs: tengerpart, resortokkal, palmafas koparos kecskes, tortenelem: a kora kozepkori delindiai muveszet legszebben fennmaradt templomai es faragvanyai kozott maszkallnak az emberek, mint egy 1500 eves szoborparkban, muveszeti elet: minden sarkon farago mester farigcsal, kifaragnak neked barmibol barmit tulkepp, egy marvanyfogpiszkalotol a daruval szallithato ganesha szobrokig barmi megrendelheto, es nem mai magyar minosegben: itt az anyagtol a kimunkalasig mindenre figyelnek es az a ganesh ott all a szobadban meg a vilageges utan is, ha azt mammalapuramban rendeled :) Na de legfontosabb, amiert ide vettuk utunkat azonnal Chennaibol, az a MAMMALAPURAMI TNCFESZTIVAL, altalaban 3 honapos, hetvegentes , iden eloszor ... read more

Woke up normal time, ate then threw up breakfast...not sure why I bothered. I took at bus to Mamallpuram from the central bus station it was 2 hours journey... The road down the west coast was very odd. The whole area was still recovering from the Tsunami, so there were only new buildings everywhere and lots of open fields with no trees just grass. I checked into the first hotel/Guest house I saw ( Tina's ) which wan run by a man called Xavier, he looked/dressed like a huge fat Buddha. He really didn't care about me staying, having no customer service, except saying “show me the money”. It was 150 rs per night which was ok but I had to ask for clean sheets as the one on my bed had not been cleaned in ... read more