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Thrissur, Cockroaches and All…

None of the guides had very much to say about Thrissur so we did not know what to expect except there would not be many tourists and there were, as there are everywhere, plenty of temples to see. This is the main temple, thousands of more »

Boats on the ferry journey from Kollam to Amma's Ashram

The Hugging Mother’s Ashram, Amritipuri

We Enter The Headquarters Of A Amma’s Global Network Well, where to start when writing about the ashram we visited yesterday? I’ll start from the top. As we approached the ferry stop the staff on board were careful to point out (although you could not more »

Two Indian ladies - No smiling in Indian portraits

Kollam

The Market Town Of Kollam Hi all, we’ve been having a little break from the blogging in the last few days but let me catch you up… We finally left Varkala last Sunday morning after a relaxing, holiday like stay. We had eaten in nearly all more »

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Random Stuff

Sunset on Varkala Beach. I could get used to this view… Well it had to happen at some point – Jen has just spent the last few minutes with her head down the toilet vomiting tonight’s dinner. Unfortunately, I forgot to video the event, so more »

Still in Varkala…

So, we’re still in Varkala. We’ve had a very restful weekend with some rain and lots of power cuts. Today we are told that every shop in the area is on strike because of the price of everything is going up so quickly but all more »

Escape From Varkala

Today was quite stressful. Ever since we decided to embark on this voyage, we have perhaps been guilty of not planning as much as we could have. We have no solid plans about where we are going, what we are going to do, and when more »