Land | Food | Nature | People
Nathan Nelson 
I’m off to Goa tonight after five (or was it six) great days in Hampi – Hampi is a fantastic place. It’s a bit like India with the sound turned down, and the landscape, temples and shrines are amazing. The Mango Tree wins the award for the best view from a restaurant ever – a …
Filming Bollywood Originally uploaded by Natmandu. I’ve uploaded a few new pics, but Hampi is not exactly on the information superhighway – more like a lay-by – so not too many pics yet as it takes forever! This one is of filming of a new movie at the AVM studios, Chennai – Tamil Nadu has …
I almost forgot. Something very strange happened to me at Kovalam. The sea there is clear and clean – you can be in it up to your neck, and see your feet through the blue-green water. The sand under your feet is pristine. I went out swimming most mornings when I was at Kovalam, and …
The train journey from Trivandrum to Chennai went smoothly enough, in fact I’d go so far as to say that it was ball-achingly tedious (as my economics teacher used to say). I travelled in a 3-tier A/C sleeper – this means 6 people sleeping in each pod or compartment of the train, on fold-down beds …
Kovalam fishing boats Originally uploaded by Natmandu. Some more pics on Flickr for your delectation, just none of my sunburnt nose. I was walking about today and got offered shark and barracuda for my dinner. What is this thing about eating things that sound hard? Do people need to feel the satisfaction of eating something …
Waiting for a free computer outside the Internet cafe just now, it started raining coconuts – a skinny old dude in a dothie (so that narrows it down to about a million people around here) was cutting them out of the palm tree above. They land with such force, the ground shakes. Now things are …
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