Good to hear they are ok and look forward to the next batch
Good to hear they are ok and look forward to the next batch
Getting withdrawal symptoms . . . .
Hello again everyone, Well after much net access woes - 've haf pix' Yeah!
Although Bro & Sil are currently in Madurai, this group are the Trivandrum & surrounds photo's. Note: A lot of sites don't allow photography inside (unfortunately)
Again, split into several posts - hope ya like 'em!
BTW, the conditions in Madurai = 40c & very very humid at 86% - Tropical to say the least, almost like home.
#1 About to board "their" tour bus (they were the only passengers)
#2 Local swimming/bathing centre (surprisingly clean says Bro)
#3 Shri Padmanabhaswamy Temple (260 years old - we weren't allowed in on account of being obvious heathens, says Bro)
#4 Wonder what's inside????
#5 Puthe Maliga Palace Museum
#6 Wish Sil would stop drawing on the walls!
#7 Some museum carving.
#8 One of "our" restaurants in Trivandrum. Yum!!!
And so to the beach - near Kovalam & Zoo.
#1 Surf's up
#2 Tryin' to protect her modesty - not cop a feel - sure! (beach art)
#3 Honest dear - I was only looking!
#4 Spending his money recklessly, ALL $3.50 of it, on spares.
#5 Napier museum (no pix allowed inside)
#6 Indian Coffee House. (Inside is a circling path all the way to the top (no steps) with tables & chairs off to the side - poor waiters have to run up and down with orders all day.)
#7 Here kitty kitty!
#8 Thinks - that lock looks mighty flimsy.
#9 Even plants are kept at the Zoo (especially dangerous ones)
#10 Meet the Cobra Whisperer.
"#7 Here kitty kitty!"
I've got that kitty outside my front door! Exact same design.
My kitty's about 8 inches long though.
Veli Tourist Park, Trivandrum
#1 Along the boardwalk.
#2 After that - a cool drink is required.
#3 No high pressure selling here!
#4 Well I'll just feed the little birdies. (2 minutes later it was like a scene from Hitchcock's "The Birds" as the local crows tried to steal my Cheeseballs (uh-hem).
#5 The local band. (Drummers driving the crowd into a frenzy - no, really.)
#6 Frenzied crowd splashing hot oil all over their heads and backs. ( I love a good Ragaring)
We now await the pix from Madurai.
I'd love to stroll along that boardwalk, without the 86% humidity
In Madurai
#1 The Happy Travellers Not (It's 36 degrees and I've just found out the train carriage has no air-con!) On the train from Trivandrum to Madurai.
#2 Late arrival hotel Madurai & no hot water! (doin' his best Monty Python)
#3 At breakfast & pretending to read Hindi.
#4 Hotel restaurant. (ceiling like an upturned egg carton - but cool)
#5 Hotel foyer.
#6 At the net cafe. HEY - how did the guy behind me score a fan? (40 degrees at least & diesel fumes wafting in through the door from their generator parked outside. The 3rd PC I used could be made to work. Note to self: If still employed into the future, go to a cold place on your holidays you fool.)
May have more outside shots soon, otherwise its off to our next stop of Trichy on Monday.
Full name = Tiruchchirappalli
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