Lime, coconuts and juicy juicy mangoes
Date: 24 April Location: front deck, bamboo houseboat, Keralan backwaters Notable sightings: lots of other houseboats There's quite a lot of magic in Kochi. Sprawling across several islands just off […]
Tag Archives: culture
Miss Manners goes to India
Date: 23 April Location: Kochi (formerly Cochin), Kerala Notable sightings: acres upon acres of coconut trees; Kerala means land of the coconuts and the Keralans use coconut oil, coconut meant, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
An unsettlingly big place 