fathers indian Footsteps
| judithandchristine |
Our latest 5 diary entries
| 2nd Mar 2009 | ||||
| The end of the trail | ||||
| This is the last day of the adventure and we are gearing up to the trip home with all that involves!! for me it means builders and the prospect of Anna, Ad and Kieran moving in temporarily as they try to sell their... | ||||
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| 28th Feb 2009 | ||||
| sun, sea and sand | ||||
| The trip along the backwaters at Alleppey was superb, these riceboats started their lives in the same role as our barges. They are made from Jackwood, and have a superstructure of bamboo and coir and have a really... | ||||
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| 26th Feb 2009 | ||||
| on the backwaters | ||||
| this has to be a rather short blog today as we are in the middle of nowhere in Kerala and the guy in the office needs to go home!! We have spent some time in Ooty which was so different again, about 7000 feet up in... | ||||
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| 19th Feb 2009 | ||||
| Madras | ||||
| We've had a slightly frustrating time in Chennai but the visit to Pondicherry was a very pleasant little break!! the idea to go there came from the book 'The Life of Pi' and it was certainly worth the trip. we set o... | ||||
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| 14th Feb 2009 | ||||
| The Caves | ||||
| This last two days we have been back on the tourist trail visiting the Caves at Ajanta and Ellorra, east of Mumbai. The are carved into the basalt rock and date from 200BC and dedicated to Buddha, Hinduism and Jai... | ||||
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