Madurai, Southern India
EIGHT YEARS / 28 DAYS: THURSDAY 28 DECEMBER 2023
Month: December 2023
EIGHT YEARS / 27 DAYS: WEDNESDAY 27 DECEMBER 2023
2 buses from Pondicherry to Madurai. A long day but was super chilled about it all and succeeded in getting to Madurai.
EIGHT YEARS / 26 DAYS: TUESDAY 26 DECEMBER 2023
Boxing Day. Totally chill day with curd / yoghurt and fruit for breakfast and fresh salad for lunch and dinner. Cravings for fruit and veg have been high so this was perfect. Then made sand paintings in the street and 2 local ladies joined in. Perfect.
EIGHT YEARS / 25 DAYS: MONDAY 25 DECEMBER 2023
Christmas Day 2023 in Pondicherry, India
EIGHT YEARS / 24 DAYS: SUNDAY 24 DECEMBER 2023
Fresh salad for Christmas Eve
My first sand painting.
All at the Penthouse.
EIGHT YEARS / 23 DAYS: SATURDAY 23 DECEMBER 2023
Shopping at the market and a trip to the dentist for a teeth clean.
EIGHT YEARS / 22 DAYS: FRIDAY 22 DECEMBER 2023
Chennai to Pondicherry by bus. Hello Pondicherry… love you already 🥰🪷
EIGHT YEARS / 21 DAYS: THURSDAY 21 DECEMBER 2023
Lovely lazy morning in Kolkata followed by a taxi to the airport and a plane to Chennai. Back south…
EIGHT YEARS / 20 DAYS: WEDNESDAY 20 DECEMBER 2023
Sculpture making area, flower market, a fun exploratory day out with Mouli.
EIGHT YEARS / 19 DAYS: TUESDAY 19 DECEMBER 2023
Kolkata. The Victoria Memorial.
Wandering the streets.
EIGHT YEARS / 18 DAYS: MONDAY 18 DECEMBER 2023
Kolkata…. first day. First impression. I love it.
EIGHT YEARS / 17 DAYS: SUNDAY 17 DECEMBER 2023
Varanasi you have our hearts
EIGHT YEARS / 16 DAYS: SATURDAY 16 DECEMBER 2023
Varanasi uncovered. Live music by a legend on the ghats.
EIGHT YEARS / 15 DAYS: FRIDAY 15 DECEMBER 2023
Varanasi in no particular order. As I believe it should be for here. A mesmerizing ancient city. Which reminds me of Venice, Italy
EIGHT YEARS / 14 DAYS: THURSDAY 14 DECEMBER 2023
Lucknow to Varanasi. The morning where we heard then saw then smelt the monkey get electrocuted on the roof of the train. He then slid off like a dead weight. And twitched. Monkeys came over. He was definitely dead. Then he came to…but was really wobbly. Unforgettable
EIGHT YEARS / 13 DAYS: WEDNESDAY 13 DECEMBER 2023
Lucknow in one weird smelly day
EIGHT YEARS / 12 DAYS: TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 2023
Kasar Devi by shared taxi to Kathgodam
Kathgodam to Lucknow by train
EIGHT YEARS / 11 DAYS: MONDAY 11 DECEMBER 2023 (Otto’s birthday)
Kasar Devi. Where Bob Dylan, Cat Stephens, Allen Ginsberg came to be. One of the best rooms with a view I’ve ever had 🥰🙏
EIGHT YEARS / TEN DAYS: SUNDAY 10 DECEMBER 2023
Enough was enough. Got myself out of bed and walked 9 ks up to see 180 degrees of Himalayas. A great journey with my guide, Santosh. Back down the 9ks and then packed my bags and moved to Kasar Devi, a place of resounding beauty visited by Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Cat Stevens etc back in the day. So happy to be feeling positive again and to laugh. Not 100% well but mentally back and inspired by life again.
EIGHT YEARS / NINE DAYS: SATURDAY 9 DECEMBER 2023
A day in bed, Binsar. Gutted to be ill but glad to be in a place like this. Frustrating.
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