Blogs from Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

15th December 2019 See all 28 Photos in the blog.If you see the photos will be at the bottom of the blog and you need to press next button to see all 28 Photos pubkished in differant pages Javadu water falls Set out from Thiruvannamalai to Javadu hills to see the waterfalls. Set out at 6 am. Caught the bus to Polur reached there by 6.45 am. To go to the Javadu Hills I should take the bus to Jamnamarathur. I got the bus to Jamnamarathur at 7.05 and reached there by 8.45 am. Talked to an autorickshaw guy he agreed to take me to Javadu hills and Kolappanneri Lake for Rs 500. Finished both the places by 11 am. Spent around , 1 hour 15 minutes to see both the places and spend some time ... read more

Two weeks have passed since my last blog and I have spent my time travelling between my two placements - Alangayam in the mountains with a few stalls and a small bus station and Vellore City where I have a choice of restaurants and a supermarket just 5 minutes away! Although the two are very different both areas need our help and support to educate the youths of today on health and livelihoods. The team in Vellore was lucky enough to organise a health rally in Vanjur which attracted two health inspectors as speakers and 30 members of women's self-help groups. The message of Vector Borne diseases and eliminating breeding grounds for mosquitoes by using stagnant water and recycling empty containers which might hold drops of water will hopefully be disseminated amongst the villagers. The team ... read more

Project Amirthi Hi guys this vivek … I planned to visit the amirthi forest which is about 25 km away from vellore city so this is how the plan when  It was an early morning at vellore got out of my hostel by 5.45am and reached the vellore old busstand by 6.10am… the ride to vellore bus stand was pretty nice I had never seen the city such early morning the streets were filled with thin layer of fog which was passing through the street lamps it is nice to know it can be chilly in such a hot place like vellore that 2 min ride on the bridge to vellore haven’t seen it in an entirely new way….. 6.12am I was at the enquiry room to know the bus number and timings and found ... read more

For almost two months we were contemplating on visiting Maha Lakshmi Golden Temple at Sripuram near Vellore and finally the plans seemed to materialize during last week of May 2009. My brother-in-law Siva wanted to take his new Swift Dezire to Golden Temple and we decided to go there on a two day trip. We decided on taking two cars - My Santro and Siva’s Dezire as Siva’s friend Ravindran also joined in with his family. Family 1 : PraveenKumar(Myself), Vathsalya Lakshmi (My Wife), Dad & Mom Family 2 : Siva Subba Rao, Dr.Suman, Chaitanya & Narasimha Bai Family 3 : Siva’s Friend Ravindran, his Wife and two kids Ranjit & Ranjan As usual we did some research on the net and found two possible routes for Vellore. Route-I Bangalore Hosur Krishnagiri Bargur ... read more

Ok...so correction from yesterday's blog. apparently Tamil movies are called Kollywood-not Tollywood. I knew I had read somewhere that there was some ollywood here and assumed it was with a T because I am in Tamil Nadu, however I was wrong. Never assume anything. So, therefore, I am a Kollywood star. That seems quite appropriate since my name is Kim. I think i may have a future career. After teaching last night (we did a review of the first 1/2 of what I have taught and it went really well-people actually remembered most things!), I got picked up by my friend's friend, Ruby who runs an orphanage. My German friend Anna also came along for the trip. The orphange is great! It is called The Hope House (Helping Orphans Prevail in Everything) and has 14 girls ... read more