Land | Food | Nature | People
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 …
I feel like I’ve been chasing to keep up with this blog since I got to India. I’m also keeping a paper journal as too much has been happening to be able to remember it all, and up until now, opportunities to get to a computer have been scarce as I’ve been so busy. I’m …
Here’s a video of one of the gypsies from Pettai dancing as Kali, bringer of destruction (14.4MB AVI – broadband needed) – hope you like! The Aidcamp is over, and we’re in Kovalam, the main coastal resort of Kerala – the sea is warm and blue, and the fish curry is fantastic. I’ll be posting …
Yesterday I went for an ayurvedic massage – ayurvedic massage is big with tourists to India, and involves a full-body massage using herb-infused oils. A few of us went to a small parlour in Thekkady. The massage lasted for about forty minutes… when I say full body massage I mean it was pants off, and …
It’s been pretty busy here – this isn’t what I’d describe as a holiday! We’re currently spending a couple of days in Thekkady, a small town in the Western Ghats, the mountains dividing Kerala and Tamil Nadu. By ‘we’ I mean myself and the others on the Aidcamp, a great group of people. We’ve had …
Gypsy kids Originally uploaded by Natmandu. I’ve uploaded some of the best pictures so far from India – Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Aidcamp with Aidcamps International.
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