Lady India behaving badly
Date: 22 April Location: the windiest road, high in the tea plantations near Munnar, Kerala Notable sightings: KFC (Keralan Fried Chicken), real cinnamon off a cinnamon tree (don't recommend), huge […]
Heffalumps and woozles
Date: 19 April Location: Our balcony, Rangerwood Nature Palace, Periyar, Kerala Notable sightings: some of the cast of the Jungle Book, heffalumps I have two stories for you, both of […]
The supporting caste
Date: 18 April Location: looking out at the jungle, Periyar National Park Notable sightings: yesterday, an elephant blessed me with his trunk at the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai; today, […]
Richard Parker was here
Date: 16 April Location: the floor, under the fan, Villapurram railway station Notable sightings: more rogue cows In the last few days we've been to Mamallappuram and to Pondicherry. Mamallappuram […]
The cast and crew: Team Southern India
Date: 15 April Location: the oldest colonial cafe in India, The Boulevard, Pondicherry Notable sightings: no zoo 😦 My goodness, I seem to be overly capable of getting myself into […]
Show & Tell: Southern India 2
Posted with Blogsy
Show & Tell: Southern India 1
Posted with Blogsy
Subcontinental adrift
Date: 13 April, Palm Sunday / Tamil New Year's Eve Location: sunny rooftop, Pride Hotel, Chennai Notable sightings: my first rogue cow, stunning Dravidian architecture, slums and sidewalk sleepers Marriage […]
Orchids and expats in the sauna in the land of Tigers (beer variety)
Date: 11 April. Location: seat 43G (aisle, thank goodness), Singapore Airlines flight, somewhere over the Bay of Bengal Notable sightings: the coolest hotel pool in the entire world, fabulous […]
Nest.
Date: 10 April 2014. Location: seat 43D (aisle, obviously), Singapore Airlines flight, somewhere over noth western Australia. Notable sightings: none to report. Airports and airplanes. Not a terribly auspicious beginning. […]
