Archive for April, 2008
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Flight to Kolkata
March 10, 2008 – Kolkata, India
We were recommended to leave the apartment at 5:30am this morning, by the latest 6am, in order to get to the airport in time for our flight.
5:27am - my vibrating but non-ringing phone succeeds in semi-waking me up. I wonder briefly if it has been ‘ringing’ since 5am, our […]
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Strangers with Candy
March 8, 2008 – Kerala, India
Trivandrum
There was a lovely woman at our school, named, much like the school, Shanti (Peace). She was known to most, however, as Shanti J., J being short for her rather confusingly long last name. Shanti J. very kindly helped us arrange our stay in the southern state of […]
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Resorts, Naked Babies & Ashrams
March 6, 2008 – Kerala, India
Amritapuri Ashram
Yesterday a wannabe exotic resort on a lake, today an Ashram.
The hostel we’d booked for yesterday evening sounded good. It was a little expensive, Rs 399 (approx. $12) per person rather than the half-price or less that some of the other hostels charge. We were in a rush […]
