2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/tarastravels/rss.xml http://www.getjealous.com/tarastravels http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=294286&go=tarastravels Hi all, wells its been a while since I last let you know what i am up to, things have been just a little bit crazy over the past few months! Hopefully I will get a chance in the next few days to do so. In the mean time check out some more photos of crazy India! Cya Tarsxxo... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=294286&go=tarastravels Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=255279&go=tarastravels Due to the high rate of TB in Tamil Nadu we conducted TB awareness and education sessions in Pinjamandhai. Some of the village women had heard of TB because one of the elderly village women had TB about 1 year ago and was treated by the community nurse. Unfortunately none of the village people got the BCG vaccination at the time. We conducted some informal education sessions for our womens grou... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=255279&go=tarastravels Fri, 1 Dec 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=232869&go=tarastravels Chook culling, toilet training, medical emergencies, condom demonstrations, a Hindu witch doctor and Deepam festival. November has been a very action packed month to say the least! We had a little surprise on our supply truck at the start of the month, 3 live chooks! We thought we may have been taking them up the mountain to be our egg factories, but alas they were destined to be our monthly pr... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=232869&go=tarastravels Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=218287&go=tarastravels I have been in India for 2 months now and what an experience it has been so far! We have set up a SPW club in the village school for the older students to raise awareness of health issues and improve their literacy by conducting library sessions in the SPW resource centre. And guess what, Pinjamandhai now has a Computer! NASCOM (an Indian IT company) has donated a computer and some pretty gro... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=218287&go=tarastravels Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=209470&go=tarastravels Well the reality of living and working in Pinjimandhai is finally here and no I have not become a hill billy ferral just yet! The last month has been a sensory overload of new experiences and learning to deal with the harsh realities of the poverty here in Pinjimandhai. Our SPW team is awesome and we are all living and working well together. My new roomies are Maria from Finland and the Tamil ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=209470&go=tarastravels Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=195914&go=tarastravels Well it is safe to say that my Tamil officially sucks! We are learning to congegate sentences at the moment using Verbs and adjectives however its all gobbldygook too me. I got quite a few giggles yesterday while trying to have a conversation with the Tamil Volunteers. I said that my sister's liked to eat cow poop instead of my sister's were intelligent and beautiful, sorry Marissa and Alana! I bl... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=195914&go=tarastravels Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=193585&go=tarastravels We all went to check out the coast last weekend in a tourist town called Mamallapuram. The 4 hour Bus ride down there was the best entertainment ever and all for the one low price of 50 rupees (about $1.50). It is fair to say that until you have experienced a long distance bus ride in India you will never winge about the Tube, Trains or buses in peak hour again, you see in India every hour is peak... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=193585&go=tarastravels Sat, 9 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=193544&go=tarastravels Looks like I'm going for a wee little 3 hour walk up the mountain! My placement is going to be in the very remote Tribal village of Pinjamandhai, which is very exciting. Maria, Myself and 4 Tamil SPW volunteers Arul, Nallinae, Vishanti and Rajadan who is from Pinjamandai will be starting our SPW project work on the 25th of September. I Can't wait too get started although I must say it is gonna be ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=193544&go=tarastravels Wed, 6 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=190561&go=tarastravels Curry Curry and more glorious curry! I never new there were so many different ways to cook a real Indian curry. for the moment while we are Training we have been blessed with a cheeky little bunch of gorgeous Tamil girls, Samu, Malliga & Nirmala who really know how to whip up a fab "curry in a hurry", pardon the pun! With rice and curry flying everywhere for the for the first few days, think I ha... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=190561&go=tarastravels Sun, 3 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=189678&go=tarastravels Oh my goodness I am in INDIA! I left Perth at 1 am on the 1.9.06, had a lovely little 14 hour stopover in Singapore, NOT! Yes that airport has definitely got it sorted, I jumped on the free city tour which was pretty cool and soaked up a few hours and after a bit of a snooze made full use of the free internet. Heather a Canadian volunteer and I arrived in India at 10pm on Friday to a very warm w... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=189678&go=tarastravels Sat, 2 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT