Remember the First to Visit India contest? You were all entered but didn’t realize it. Here is the contest winner, Barbara (with Tom). I’m sure you’re all panting to know what she won. Besides a great tour of town, she got a manicure and pedicure at the lovely Vanity Fayre Day Spa here in Palm […]
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The Three-Wheeler
In the West, a four-wheeled passenger vehicle is called a car, a two-wheeled one, a motorcycle or bike. In India, they are 4-wheelers and 2-wheelers. Then of course, we have auto-rickshaws—little yellow 3-wheeled things with a 2-stroke engine and a lot of pollution. There is one more possibility, a bicycle-rickshaw. I just love these things. […]
Safari! Rajiv Gandhi National Park
Are we having fun yet?! I guess we are. On Friday, June 1, we left for the Cicada Resort on the beautiful Kabini River. The Kabini is between two National Parks; Bandipur and Rajiv Gandhi (or Nagarahole). Our neighbor and friend, Prathiba organized the outing. There were 10 in our group, plus a few friends […]