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Tag Archives: India
Threads of India: iii) Kiting in Kerala
I am unaccountably sad about the loss of small kite. The kite, made of two slender twigs, some twine and Indian newspaper, had attached itself to our Kettuvallam (traditional cargo boat) as we puttered down the coconut-lined channels of the … Continue reading
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Tagged India, Kerala backwaters, Kettuvallam, Kite racing, Kites
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Threads of India – ii) Slave to the Tea Bush
It is evening the cicadas and monkeys have cooled off. We sit having a drink with our hosts, Viktor and Ranjini Dey on their veranda, fending off the affectionate advances of their one-year-old boxer. They ran a tea plantation for … Continue reading
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Tagged Coffee, Home Stay, India, Kerala, Kopi Luwak, Plantations, Spices, Tea growing, Vanilla
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Threads of India – i) The Western Ghats
The answer to a good holiday is to throw money at it. This should safeguard against our typical holiday experiences that include Starvation in Serbia, Starvation in Senegal and even Starvation in Alsace-Lorraine which we neither of us thought possible. … Continue reading