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It was inevitable that with us only having 4 weeks here and India being such a vast country that we were only ever going to be able to scratch the surface. That said, we’ve seen a great variety of landscapes and had plenty of memorable experiences – we’ve loved it. Fi came to India 30Continue reading “Reflections on India”

Prompted by Jemima having a toothache, we check out a recommended local dentist in Coonoor, and on discovering how cheap the prices are, we take full advantage, and within half half an hour of meeting Titus and his partner wife Ruby, Mark is also sitting in the dentist’s chair, and initial work starts on aContinue reading “India 8- Coonoor to Chennai”

Tea, tea and tea Onwards to Coonoor,  which is a 2-hour drive straight up 32 hair pin bends, away from the wild jungle, elephant, tiger landscape till you reach the top of what feels like a massive precipice,  And suddenly we are in sweetie land – all the houses are pastel coloured, soft pinks, sicklyContinue reading “India 7 – Tea and Cakes in Snooty Ooty”

We arrived in Wild Acres Farm House and I made a cup of tea for mum and dad. We found an embroidery craft shop, which had everything to do with crafting, it was a really nice shop filled with wools and needles. I bought an embroidery set and some wools and some knitting wool andContinue reading “Nighttime stories and homemade dinners”

One week we went to see a tea plantation. We saw a them picking the tea and loading it into cloth bags so that the tea didn’t go mouldy. Step 2 – then we saw them put the bags on their heads and load them onto a machine with a hook, then it went ontoContinue reading “Lushes green tea leaves”

In the morning we drove off to a basic school, it was basic but they had everything they needed for school. We went in to a year 1 class and we saw shoes lined up outside by the classroom. Here are the children outside at playtime.  I taught them how to sing and clap ”Continue reading “Wild Haven well I think it’s heaven”

We went to a lovely beautiful and colourful market and all we saw REALLY were COLOURS – pinks greens yellows red and so on. As we walked down the middle of the market we came a across a flower aisle, immediately as we took the first step down we could smell pollinated flowers and beautifulContinue reading “Flowers and fruits”

This week we went to see a parade and saw lots of really decorated elephants which were really interesting. 2 or 3 days after that I went to an elephant sanctuary and when we crossed the river on the ferry and the person who was driving the boat DELIBRATLY rocked the boat from time toContinue reading “Awesome elephants”

In the morning we went to a tea plantation and there was lots of tea, they dried it shredded it, the women were carrying it on their heads in sacks with rope. It was hard work . They only earned £2 a day. It was  very interesting. I pulled one tooth out  and when IContinue reading “Tooth falling”