A tribute to love that almost bankrupt an empire
Date: 4 May Location: a “deluxe permanent tent”, the village of Orchha Notable sightings: The Taj Mahal! That's all. Posted with Blogsy
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Cool in the shade of the colonial manor garden
Date: 2 May Location: the shaded terrace, Bhanwar Vila, the local Maharajah's palace-come-homestay, Karauli Notable sightings: peacocks (I love peacocks); a swimming pool that looks like its been here since […]
Jai ho!
Date: 1 May Location: Ganesham Textiles, Jaipur, waiting for tailor to make alerations to garments. Dresses ordered from the tailor: Only two, demonstrating remarkable and uncharacteristic self restraint. Notable sightings: […]
Not precisely Delhi-ghtful
Date: 30 April Location: seat 45, Carriage C4 (upper class), “express” train from Delhi, NCR to Jaipur, Rajasthan. Notable sightings: So many bare bottoms, thankfully blurred, as the poorest Delhites […]
“The accumulation of time in walls”
Date: 27 April Location: seat 35A, Jet Airways flight from Trivandrum to Mumbai, en route to Delhi Notable sightings: Indian airplane food. Not as bad as you might think. (Effect: […]
The Deep South: the ocean and the opium
Date: 26 April Location: deck chair, sunny Kovlam Lighthouse beach, watching the Indian boys try to surf (so many lols) Notable sightings: the Indian Ocean from India, cold beers (a […]
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 […]
Grouchy Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Date: 24 April Location: my favourite seat on the bus, somewhere on the Malabar coast near Alleppey (now Alappuhza) Notable sightings: first glimpses of the famous Kerala backwaters from the […]
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 […]
An unsettlingly big place 