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Monthly Archives: January 2007

Fort Cochin Kerala

Greetings from sunny Kerala. We've finally made it to the sea after a somewhat traurmatic 9 hour overnight bus journey. The coach was supposed to be a sleeper, although you'd have more luck trying to sleep on a rollercoaster. The road over the mountains was so tortuous that you had to hang on to the seat rests to stop youself flying out. Surrounded by what appeared to be contently sleeping locals I sparked up a conversation with the only other […]

Visual Stimulus

Here’s some sort of temple thing. It’s a the top of a thousand steps and features the number 7 rather a lot. You’re supposed to climb the steps as some sort of pilgrimage. We took at rickshaw up instead because: a) I’m lazy. b) Pat’s gout is kicking in. c) It was 35 degrees. d) It only cost 2 pounds. e) We wanted to know if a rickshaw could actually make it up the hill. It was a struggle. I’ve […]

It’s very glamorous travelling you know.

Cliched shot of coloured powders at the flower market

Flowers for sale

Yes, he is asleep.

Period property for sale.

All original features. In ned of some attention, excellent off-street parking facilities.

It’s India, why are you cold?

The inevitable cloud appreciation shot.

What the hell are we doing up at this time?

Water, water everywhere…

The safe level of faecal bacteria per 100 ml for water to be declared safe for bathing in the UK is less than 500. The Ganges contains about 1.5 million per ml. The water is actually septic – it contains no oxygen. I decided not to bathe in it after all.

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