Life in India

Heldag med Arna

2009-06-10T15:06:00.007+05:30

En heldag i glädjens tecken med lerduveskytte, paintball samt middag och utgång på Gastons i Halmstad. Tyvärr inga bilder från paintballen då jag fullt upptagen att peppra Mikis röv full med färgkulor.

Siri - Sleeping Beauty

2009-06-10T12:46:00.003+05:30

Picture of the Day

2009-05-15T10:55:00.003+05:30

Even elephants need to brush their teeth after breakfast

Bye Bye India

2009-05-14T15:47:00.002+05:30

Time passes on quite quickly. 22.5 months on my contract is finished and it's time for me to relocate back to Sweden for new adventures. Adventures as in being a father for a new born baby and doing new projects for the company.

Its been fun, its been though, its been one hell of a challenge but I survived and will for sure use all my gathered experience for something good.

Will I ever move back to India again? Not for another 20 years at least!
Will I go to India for vacation? Why not?
Will I go to Chennai for vacation? NOOOOOOO!

Over and Out!

Picture of the Day

2009-04-28T13:26:00.003+05:30

A priest giving devotion to Hanuman; Monkey God who lead an army of monkeys to fight the evil demon king.

Capacity of my brain

2009-04-28T12:02:00.003+05:30

Simultaneous capacity in India 2009 is too play 'Sweet Home Alabama (live version)' on 'Guitar Hero - World Tour' on Expert level and at the same time explain too Mani, the chef, what time I want the breakfast to be served and what kind of ingredients I want in my morning omelet!

Life is sometimes very though in India for an ex-pat like me......

Over and out!

Photo - Three of a Kind - Stone

2009-04-26T12:36:00.003+05:30

This weeks photo challenge is about stones, both natural and man made. This is my contribution:

Krishnas butterball at Mahablipuram. Hard to say if it's man made or natural.

Rock carvings at Mahablipuram

Nandis on a row (Shivas bull) carved in stone at the Beach Temple, Mahablipuram

You can read more at the following link: http://fototriss.blogspot.com/2009/04/veckans-fototriss-sten.html

Picture of the Day

2009-04-24T09:34:00.003+05:30

Karnatik dance at the factory inaguration.

I really like how the shadow is projecting on to the wall into two different layer of grey

Sweating like a pig!

2009-04-24T09:17:00.003+05:30

Went up early morning today (05:30) to go to the golf range and hit some balls before work. Seemed like a good idea, early morning is so much cooler than afternoon, 27C compared to 39C. It's not really cold weather but at least it's better than nothing.

After 10 minutes of practice; the sweat was pouring down from my forehead, ending up on the tip of the nose; dripping down on to the rubber mat I was standing on. In the pen next to me; a Korean dude is hitting balls like crazy but not one single drop of sweat could be seen on his boulder body. I just have to accept the fact that Swedish people are not built for this kind of climate. It's a universal fact from now on and forever!

Even though you've spent two years of your life in India it's not possible to adjust the body for this kind of weather. Swedish people are designed to have no more than two weeks of good weather (max 27C) per year. The rest of the year shall be cloudy skies, rain or snow.

Over and Out!

Picture of the Day

2009-04-23T14:40:00.001+05:30

Overload!

Picture of the Day

2009-04-22T09:09:00.004+05:30

Priest at a small shrine

Fun in Varkalla

2009-04-22T08:49:00.002+05:30

My sister and here friend has been in India for a couple of days now. Landed in Chennai, went to Keralla (Munnar, Allepey, Varkalla) and now back in Chennai again. I will retell one of many funny anecdote from their trip.

At the hotel in Varkalla my sister ordered an 'Ice Cream Sandwich' from the room service menu. She was kind of expecting ice cream with a sweet baked cracker on each side but of course this what not the case. What came into the room was ice cream but instead of a cracker on each side; she got normal bread with vanilla ice cream in the middle! How funny isn't that? First thing I asked was: 'Was the bread even toasted?' and the answer was: 'No, plain bread directly from the bag with ice cream in between'

Just imagine the brain storming between the two Indians doing the room service menu:
- When I was in Europe I saw that they had something called 'Ice Cream Sandwich'!
- Ohhhh, isn't that a very strange combination? Bread and ice cream?
- Nooo, noo....European very funny people......eating a lot of strange things.
- Ohhhh, very smart thinking. Lets put it on the menu, it will be a success I think.

Only in India my friends, only in India.....

Over and Out!

Picture of the Day

2009-04-21T12:52:00.002+05:30

Peanut boy

Getting old

2009-04-20T09:58:00.006+05:30

Man, I'm sore today after both playing tennis and golf this weekend. Even though we didn't play tennis for more than 25 minutes; we all were totally exhausted. One reason could be that the temperature was slightly over 39C and humidity close to 100%; another reason could be that we drank two beers just before playing. I think it was the weather........

On Sunday we went to the driving range to hit some golf balls. I'm quite happy with the way I spread the balls all over the place but most of the were OK. The funny thing was that we had too use one kind of balls for the driver and one for the iron clubs. The balls we used with the driver was inexpensive balls in case we sliced or hooked them out of bounds. I used one expensive ball together with the driver by mistake and got the evil eye from the supervisor. On top of that I pegged the ball in the wrong kind of surface and then he got really pissed off. How I'm a supposed to now that there's different surface to be used with the driver? I was about too tell him "In Sweden we have the same surface.." but stopped my self before it came out of my mouth cause he will probably not understand anything at all; been there, done that so too say.

The best of all was their solution for how to collect the balls back again. Two teenage boys were walking on the range picking the balls manually in to a PVC-pipe. The only protection they had from the speeding golf balls was an old red umbrella that merely covered the back and head. If they were to closed we stopped shooting for a while but the Korean gentleman next too us just kept on shooting. Only in India my friends.

Over and Out!

Picture of the Day

2009-04-20T09:53:00.003+05:30

Fishermen trying to catch some fish in the water edge

Picture of the Day

2009-04-15T10:17:00.002+05:30

Cute ice cream truck at Fort Kochin, Verkalla.

Maybe I shall invest in one truck and use it at the beach in Mellbystrand, very cool indeed.

Elephant washing

2009-04-13T16:42:00.003+05:30

Went to a elephant training center early Monday morning. The elephants are taking a bath in nearby river 8 o clock every morning were you can join and help wash the elephants.

Posing with Sunitha, female elephant, 33 years of age

Thirsty after the walk

Washing begins

I'm joining the washing procedure. An old coconut shell is used as a sponge to make the elephant clean.

Clean and neat

Side view

Ready to head back home

Todays adventure in pictures

2009-04-12T19:15:00.004+05:30

Took a taxi from the hotel to Fort Kochin area. Fort Kochin is a not a fort; just a neighbourhood containing daily life of the Indian people. Showing some assorted pictures from the day.

Fisherman repairing his nets

The crew is pulling up the Chinese fishing net from the Arabian sea

Mikael, fisherman on one of eleven Chinese fishing nets in the Fort Kochin area

Crow waiting for fish leftovers

Chinese fishing nets

Indian boys taking a dip in the Arabian Sea

A boy watching his mother and sister feed the pigeons inside the Jain Temple

Visited a local laundry, huge amount of laundry was hanging all over the place

Sister and brother waiting for the mother to finish their laundry

Weekend in Kochin

2009-04-11T16:07:00.004+05:30

Arrived at Ramada Resort early this morning without any problems. I was told by the my travel agent that it might by difficult getting a room during the Easter time but when I arrived at the hotel there was me and more person staying here, funny. Hotel is newly built and really fresh and modern; really worth the 6000 rupees I'm paying per night.

Tomorrow I'm heading for Kochin and surrounding areas to see if there's anything worth visiting.

Overview of the lake from the room.

Lonely, I feel so lonely.....

Pool area

Flowers

Flower

Feeling tired

2009-04-10T09:27:00.004+05:30

I've felt really tired the last two weeks. Even though I'm sleeping almost 7-8 hours a day and even more on weekends; I feel tired every time the alarm clock yells at me early 06:15 in the morning. I'm snoozing at least two times a nine minute each before I'm getting up and hardly then I'm able to get up.

But I think I know the solution for this problem. In Sweden there's one cartoon called 'Bamse'. It's about Bamse, the world strongest bear, and his adventures with his friend. One of his friends is called Skalman and he's got a clock which tells you when to eat and sleep! No matter the situation; Skalman follows this clock (according to Wikipedia there has been some exeptions but that's another story).

Somehow I need to get my hands on a 'Eat and Sleep'-clock. I wonder where I can find one in India?

Skalman and his 'Eat and Sleep' clock

Credit: Rune Andreasson (R.I.P)

Picture of the Day

2009-04-10T08:37:00.003+05:30

Stone sculptures of Nandi, Shivas bull, at the beach temple in Mahablipuram

Long weekend

2009-04-07T10:06:00.003+05:30

Flight ticket and hotel are booked, flying on Saturday to Cochin, Keralla and spends Saturday to Tuesday at Ramada Resort situated just outside Cochin. Mostly sleeping and relaxing by the pool but I will also go for small excursions too see if I can take any interesting photos. Probably the hotel has some travel desk that can help me with that.

Relaxing at the pool means sunbathing and reading for me; went to Landmark and got some "new" books.

Roberto Saviano - Gomorrah - Book about the Italian mafia; just the fact that the author had to go underground to not get killed the mafia should be indicating that something in the book scares the shit out of the mob guys.

Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner/A Thousand Splendid Suns - Only heard about this two books that should be really good and emotional. Focusing on the daily life in Afghanistan and all the trouble that comes along with that. Just now I'm reading another book about the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan, very interesting.

Arun Krishnan - The Loudest Firecracker - About growing up as a young boy in modern India. A poignant description of the Indian society which will take your Swedish mind a step closer to understand why this society is what it is.

Junot Diaz - The Breif Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - This book got great critics but I don't know much about it. It's taking place in the New Jersey, USA and is about a nerdy Dominican boy called Oscar Wao.

Over and Out!

Photo-Three-of-a-kind - Dots

2009-04-05T12:32:00.003+05:30

This week's Photo Three-of-a-kind is about dots. The images should show the pattern dots in some way. This is my contribution to this weeks contest.

Matrimandir at Auroville, Pondicherry, India.

A glas of champagne with bubbles forming on the inside of the glas

Small flowers that looks like dots

Read more at the following link: http://fototriss.blogspot.com/2009/04/veckans-fototriss-prickigt.html#links

Crocodile Bank

2009-04-04T21:56:00.004+05:30

Visited the Crocodile Bank which is just situated down the coast of Chennai. Well worth the 30 rupees in entrance fee cause there were a lot of different crocodiles and wasn't that depressing as normal Indian zoo's can be.

Don't remember the name of this crocodile species. It got this long and small nose or whatever you call it on a crocodile. They look pretty cool.

Smaller type of crocodile relaxing in a small pool.

Piling up on each other.

Boring! Crocodiles resting as usual. What can I do to get some action?

Hmm, you can buy meat from the Crocodile Bank and feed the crocs, why not? I bought 1 kilo of meat for 60 rupees to feed them. It wasn't really a feeding frenzy but at least they started to move and got angry at each other.

Cuddling with the python

BTW, I booked a flight ticket to Keralla again, gonna spend 11th to 14th of April in Cochin and surrounding areas, a long weekend with a lot of book reading and photographing.

Mango update

2009-04-03T20:40:00.003+05:30

Current Mango counter

Previous count: 3 pcs + todays Mango milkshake + above shown plate with 2 Mangos

Total Mangos: 6 pcs

Oh Happy Day!

2009-04-03T11:36:00.004+05:30

I don't know what kind of people that reads this blog; soo I will explain everything from the beginning. I work for a company that decided to have factory in India and for that they were looking for some crazy person to move down here and supervisor/train people and set up parts of the factory. That person is me!

When building a factory in India; it's not exactly the 'Plug n Play' option that is available. You have to do everything from scratch i.e. no power will be given unless you follow up 50 times with the EB-people (Electricity Board) and no sewage line is given to take care of all the human waste which is created on daily basis (here you think spicy food and you get the picture). Instead you need to build your own very nice STP (Sewage Treatment Plant). STP consist of different pumps, motors, pipes etc; so that the poop and pee pee can be transported from the toilet to a big tank; basically a lot of technical stuff that needs power.

If you have daily power cuts your technical stuff that needs power doesn't work so good and that's exactly the case today. We have a gentle aroma of human feces surrounding the factory this Friday, such a lovely place!

How is your morning in Sweden? Any human poop and pee pee smell?

Over and Out!

Picture of the Day

2009-04-02T20:07:00.003+05:30

Boys watching the fishermen pull up the net after a long day of fishing

Mango counter: 3 pcs

Mango, mango and mango

2009-04-01T20:25:00.005+05:30

YES! My dear friends, mango season is upon us and Chennai is virtually exploding in mango gluttony. I will have a mango counter on this blog too keep track on how many mangos I can eat in seven weeks. My goal is too eat at least 50 mangos in 49 days so when I move back to Sweden I never want to see a mango in my whole life. Sounds very smart doesn't it?

Alphonsa Mango aka King Mango, my favourite in the mango djungle

Current Mango counter: 2 pcs

Picture of the Day

2009-04-01T10:04:00.002+05:30

Man in his round shaped boat caught in the reflecting beam of the sun

My final time in India

2009-04-01T08:53:00.005+05:30

My time in Chennai is coming to its end. I have now, in this moment, been living and working in Chennai for more than 20 months on a total 24 month contract. First two month of my contract I spent in Sweden since things were not going that fast as expected with the project but we finally relocated in September 2007. Since I will move back a little earlier than expected due date of the contract I have now only seven weeks left, yeeaaahh!

In this final seven weeks I want to visit following places:
- Visit Andaman Island over a weekend.
- Visit Munnar in Keralla, hill station with tea gardens and fresh and cold(?) air.
- Visit Crocodile Bank. I don't really know why I haven't done this yet. Anyway, it's on my route to Ideal Beach. Probably I'll visit this Saturday.
- If possible, go to Varanasi and experience the most polluted river in India, Ganga River.

That's it, this will probably keep my busy for the last seven weeks and hopefully time will pass by very fast.

Munnar Tea Gardens

Over and Out!

Picture of the Day

2009-03-31T08:35:00.003+05:30

Took some pictures of our cat Snuggles during my visit in Sweden, some of them came out quite good I would say.

Lying on his back in my lap with his paws on the side of the head. So cute!

Going 'Blue Steel' pose as in the movie Zoolander

Updates

2009-03-30T10:56:00.003+05:30

Back in Chennai after spending one week in dry and cold Laholm, Sweden. One week isn't really enough time after being away from home more than three months in the sence that it's not really possible to do all these small things you want too do, too be 100% satisfied with the visit.

So, too compensate for not having enough time I went 'SvenneBananBonanza' by visiting both IKEA and GeKas (Ullared) within three days time. That my dear friends is a really big achivement in the life of Jon Stibe. Luckily both places didn't have much visitors due normal working week days. I heard on the local radio that GeKas was expecting three bus loads of danish people the same day as our visit but luckily we finished before their arrival. Just imagine 200 retired danish women infesting the aisles of GeKas fighting over cheap schampo, detergents and over sized underwear manufactured in Bangladesh.

- 'Naaa, halv tres krone fooor en taske, de e dejligt fooor fan man!'

Brrrr, I'm trembling by just thinking of it.

Over and Out!

Picture of the Day

2009-03-30T10:52:00.001+05:30

Stone carvings from Mahablipuran, Chennai

I'm alive

2009-03-27T14:27:00.001+05:30

I'm alive, just busy with ordinary life in Sweden. Back on track again on Monday when I'm back in Chennai.

Over and Out!

Pictures of the Day

2009-03-20T19:38:00.007+05:30

Found some flowers at the factory garden which is surrounding the 2 acre land. Don't know the name of the flowers but they are beautiful anyway. Once again I used the 60 mm macro lens too take these pictures.

By the way; in another 6 hours I'm hopefully boarding LH759 to Frankfurt and then further on to Copenhagen.

See ya in Sweden ladies and gentlemen.

Over and Out!

Pictures from factory inauguration

2009-03-19T18:00:00.005+05:30

After four days of cleaning, cleaning and cleaning it was finally time for the factory inauguration. I might even stand up and say that this factory at this moment was one of the cleanest factories in whole Chennai.

Entrance to the factory premises.

Red ribbon wrapped around the factory; looked like a birthday gift.

Drummers played after the inaugural speeches by CEO and VP Asia Operations and too that......

....some traditional Tamil Nadu dance. This is a picture before she got really sweaty, huge 'onion rings' around the armpits.

Managers and Me possing in front of the camera. From the left; Ravi, Sridhar, Me, Andy and Mourali.

Over and Out!

Picture of the Day

2009-03-19T17:27:00.001+05:30

Monkey eating a banana!

Hmmm..

2009-03-18T21:09:00.006+05:30

One person in this photo doesn't belong there, guess who? Clue; he's got a slightly different skin colour and dresses in a different way........hmmm, who might it be. The first person who emails me the correct answer will win a 'Trisslott'.

BTW; inauguration went really, really good but more about that later this week.

Over and Out!

Inauguration of factory

2009-03-17T21:16:00.003+05:30

Tomorrow is not a ordinary day, it's factory inauguration day, something I have struggled to achieve for more than 20 months here in India and tomorrow is the day, fantastic!

What I'm gonna wear for this grand occasion you might think? Naash, just pulled this baby out of the closet; it was just hanging there for no special reason at all. Will it make me look like a BollyWood star? Answer: Yes! Will it make me look hot? Answer: Yes! Will it make me hot? Answer: Yes, it's hotter than hell but; no pain no gain aight?

I showed it for the guy who cooks for me; Manikandran aka Mani:

- Ooohh, John, you looooook very, very handsome, like photo model.
- If you say so.........
- It match your skin tone very, very good also!
- Oh, didn't think of that, thank you very much.
- Acha, acha, I think very, very much expensive, yes maybe 2000 rupees (320 sek). No, I think 5000 rupees (825 sek), too much, you buy cheap at local market.
- No, this is designer wear, it cost a little bit more but I will only do this once in my lifetime I think, so it can cost a little bit more, that's ok.
- Acha, acha...........(shaking his head and returns too the kitchen)

Here you might wonder what kind of skin tone I have right now since Mani mention it matches the colours of the dress. Yes, you're correct, it's light brown; light brown as in 'I have been to the beach every Saturday for the whole month of Jan/Feb/March but people in Sweden hasn't seen the sun for more than six months', I think you understand my point........muuhahahahaha

Over and out!

Feeling home sick

2009-03-17T08:59:00.003+05:30

This Friday I'm leaving for Sweden, arriving lunch time at Copenhagen Airport and then another 1.5 hour by car until I reach Home Sweet Home in Lilla Tjarby. It's kind of funny how my mind works when it comes to feeling home sick. Normally I don't think much about Sweden and all the things that happens in Sweden. Of course I miss my girfriend, I'm not a monster, but you can't go around thinking about that all the time; then you go nuts. I talk 'regularly' with Jessica, my parents, my grandfather and friends and that's it; but when I have five or less days until departure I get very nervous and anxious about going home.

My worst fear is to miss the connecting flight in Frankfurt. Just the thought about spending another five hours at one of the most boring airports in the world makes me sick. Standing in the last security check queue at Terminal 1, knowing that the German security personal wants too make your life miserable, makes my even more nervous. If think that everyone single on of those German security officers has a degree in 'How to be unpleasant and rude to foreigners who just want's to catch their connection flight in time'.

Anyway, my new passport has reached Chennai, it took 12 working days from the day I took new photographs at the Swedish Embassy in Dehli until it arrived here in Chennai. IN YOURS FACE INDIAN IMMIGRATION AND PASSPORT OFFICE! Now I only need the 'Return VISA' stamp in the passport; papers filed, approved, getting stamp on Thursday; and then I'm ready for take off.

Introducing Mr. Snuggles, cat and one 'ell of furball.

Over and Out!

Sunday brunch

2009-03-16T08:28:00.006+05:30

A welcomed Sunday tradition is of course the brunch. This time the brunch took place at the Taj Mount Road which is a new built hotel in the center of the city.

Wilmer goes preppy nerd, very catchy indeed!

This is Mats, age 38. Mats has just found the kids corner of the buffe and his state of mind in this moment is total happiness! Just look at that face expression, it's like a kid on Christmas eve! Mats plate consists of Mini Pizza, Grilled Sandwich, Chicken Nuggets and of course Popcorn?!

Wilmer got a balloon monkey which originally was attached to a 2 meter high palm tree.

Chicken Sandwich in a Chiabata bread. Finding a Chiabata Sandwich in India is harder than finding water on Mars I've been told by anonymous sources.

Originally I planned to publish some more pictures/movies from the brunch/from Mats/Elin but due to serious death treats from some persons I decided keep them to myself. If anyone is interested in a artistic movie installation of two ladies dancing ballet sitting in office chairs; email me and we can discuss the price. It will not come cheap, that much I can say, it's like Andy Warhol style 2009 in Chennai, India.

Over and out!

Pictures of the Day

2009-03-14T23:32:00.003+05:30

Some pictures of what you can find on the Chennai beach. All pictures taken with 60 mm macro lens.

Srinivasan - My Driver

2009-03-12T20:55:00.005+05:30

Conversation between me and Srinivasan today at the office. He has just brought the lunch to my cabin and puts the food on the table and looks at me:

- Sir, you like chicken?
- Eeeee......what?
- Yes, accident happen on high way with chickens. Some driver dropped cage of chicken babies on the road. I stopped and help him catch them......
- OK..........eeeee......good.
- .....and driver didn't didn't catch four of them. He's in very much hurry. I took in car and bring to factory in car; no problem for you sir?
- Not really, is the car clean now
- Yes, very clean
- OK, good, now I have to eat lunch. I'm very hungry.
- OK sir, thank you sir.

He's leaving the room with a big smile. 6 PM I'm leaving work and the car heads back to city. After ten minutes in the car I here this chirping sound but I can't really locate were it's coming from; I lower the sound of the radio but the sound is still there.

- Srinivas, what is that sound? Is it your phone?
- It's baby chicken sir, they are in back of car!
- Eeeeeee.........you gonna take the chicken home?
- Yes sir, my wife like babie chicken to much!
- You're gonna eat the chicken or what?
- NO SIR! Pet, at home, very cute!

When we reach the apartement; Srinivasan opens the trunk and in the bottom of a box there's four small brown chickens sleeping just like small chickens can do. Very cute.

Picture of the Day

2009-03-12T12:47:00.002+05:30

Got my hands on a 60 mm macro lens and took some photos of Ganesha. The Ganesha statue is in reality 6.5 cm long and situated on top of the radio in my office. A macro lens will definitely be my next investment.

News of the Week

2009-03-11T08:51:00.004+05:30

Oh yes, I found another very interesting article in the news paper, this time in the 'Times of India'. Right now one festival is going on called Holi; basically it's about trowing paint at each other and to freak out a little bit from normal behaviour.

There's also some story about Shiva doing something a long time ago which can be related back today's Holi celebration but seriously; I don't care! In the newspaper today they had this one page of Holi related stuff and in the middle of this page I found this recipe of making a special lassi.

Yes, a small amount of marijuana is the ingredient in this Delicious lassi. I could write that I'm surprised but I'm not cause last week I read about that guy who's adding cow pee in his ayurvedic drink. So, hence forward I want Bhang Lassi from Monday to Thursday and on Friday and weekends I will spice up my life with a Hot Buttered Bhang! (Mom and Dad, FYI: I will not drink this)

Pictures of the Day

2009-03-10T19:36:00.004+05:30

Election time is coming up in Tamil Nadu and election time means propaganda and propaganda is something Indian political parties are very good at. I mean, they failed with infrastructure, failed with the garbage collection system, failed building storm drains for the monsoun season so something they must be good at. Anyway, the whole city and suburbs are filled with posters, flags, paintings etc, etc and local politicians are suddenly very concerned about the opinion of the poor people.

You can also see politicians giving speeches at rural villages where they never should have put their feet during ruling time. Normally the propaganda material is very tacky and of low quality but I have now found some propaganda that can be very appealing for the eye, wall paintings. All this pictures has been taken on my normal route to work.

Photo Three of a kind - Color contrasts

2009-03-09T10:47:00.010+05:30

This week's Photo Three-of-a-kind is about color contrasts. The images should show clear contrasts, and sharp boundaries between two or more colors. This is my contribution to this weeks contest.

Red flower against grey stone.

Sunset against dark tree background.

Temple roof against blue sky.

You can find more information on the following link:

http://fototriss.blogspot.com/2009/03/veckans-fototriss-fargkontraster.html

Picture of the Day

2009-03-09T08:27:00.003+05:30

Krishnas butterball at Mahablipuram

Todays activities

2009-03-08T21:19:00.004+05:30

Extremely tired after a good bye party for the Toorns which are relocating back to Sweden by the end of this month. Good food and plenty of beverages for everyone; the classic drink GT was heavily consumed by one of the tables (me included). Me and Tom left as the last persons from the party and I came back to the apartment at 03:00 AM.

To reduce the hang over feeling and to restore some energy for coming Monday, we headed for the brunch at The Park; in my opinion the best brunch in Chennai with a lot of meat, chicken, sea food, sushi, Indian food and most important; unlimited sparkling and red/white vine. If I shall be a little negative about The Park it's that they regularly forget food orders. Even though they are 1000 waiters per person they managed to mess up a regular order of pizza, but what the hell; we're in India right!

Chicken and....

Meat!

Crazy Indians Part 1

2009-03-07T18:53:00.006+05:30

Just when you thought that you have heard and seen most of the strange shit that can happen in India I stumble across this video clip at Expressen.se.

http://www.expressen.tv/galna%20klipp/1.1488928/han-svalkar-sig-med-ett-glas-kokiss

Yummie...............I'll put an order for 200 bottles right away!

Han teleportera taliban

2009-03-06T21:30:00.002+05:30

My favourite Indian song all time with swedish lyrics.

Picture of the Day

2009-03-06T08:34:00.002+05:30

Man and his boat

Camera

2009-03-05T21:26:00.005+05:30

One of the best 'investments' I've done in my life, Nikon D90. An advanced camera when required but also a very comfortable and easy camera when you don't have the stamina too push and turn buttons too find the correct setting. Approximate cost is 11500 SEK including 18-105 lens, 16GB memory card and camera bag.

Picture of the Day

2009-03-05T16:16:00.002+05:30

Out walking

Breakfast

2009-03-05T09:35:00.002+05:30

Todays breakfast: One glas of water and one small bag of cashew nuts, the headache is slowly penetrating the front lob and creeping backwards to the talamus. This can be a long day at the office...........

Why didn't I have any breakfast you might think; 'It's the MOST important meal in the whoooole day I've been told'. The truth, the guy who cocks for me, Mani, has gone to his native place for a couple of days. My body is slowly deteriorating into bad habits; 'Come back Mani, I need you now!'

SOS, SOS..............

Over and out!

Picture of the Day

2009-03-04T09:01:00.002+05:30

Pillar engraving at Chamundeshwari temple located in Mysore

Attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team

2009-03-03T20:37:00.003+05:30

Read more at the following link:

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/pakistan.srilanka.attack/index.html?iref=nextin

Just last month the Indian cricket team refused to play against Pakistan at their homefield in Lahore. Today this happened, tragedy for the sport and the country of Pakistan.

Agra Fort

2009-03-03T09:36:00.008+05:30

You can't visit Agra without visiting the Agra Fort. Agra Fort is the most important fort in the history of India; it has hosted many mighty Emperors during the years of the Mogul Dynasty. It was restored in 8 years by as many as 80,000 workers at the same time by Emperor Akbar the Great. Originally Agra Fort was built in red sandstone but later during the dynasty of Shah Jahan some parts of the fort was rebuilt in white marble.

Jahangiri Mahal which hosted the wifes belonging to the royal househould. Outside is the bath tube of Jahangiri (son of Taj Mahal builder Shah Jahan) which is carved out off one big stone.

Inside of Jahangiri Mahal. Beautiful stone carvings one the pillars, beams and piers. This was the bedroom of one of the hindu wives of Akbar the Great. On the other side there is one more bedroom but that's for the muslim wife(s) of Akbar the Great.

One of the bedrooms with overview of Taj Mahal

Musamman Bur where Shah Jahan spent the last seven years of his life. Shah Jahan was "imprisoned" by his son Aurangzeb to be able to stop his spending madness. After building Taj Mahal in white marble he wanted to build a second Taj Mahal on the other side of the river in black marble and then connecting them with a diamond bridge. To please his imprisoned father he rebuilt some parts of the Agra Fort in white marble.

Carvings made of one piece of marble.

More pictures from Taj Mahal

2009-03-03T08:47:00.010+05:30

Main gate (called Darwaza-i rauza) before entering the main area. The eleven white bulbs on top of the building represent each one year which it took to build Taj Mahal. Each side of the gate has eleven bulbs, representing total 22 years of construction . This building is built in red sandstone compared to Taj Mahal which is built out of white marbel.

Taj Mahal at 07:30 AM, even though there was some people; the atmosphere was very relaxed

The mighty entrance to the tomb of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal. The text that can be seen on the side panels of the entrance is calligraphy and made in jasper on white marbel. The higher part of the panels are written in slightly bigger text to reduce the skewing effect when reading from below.

Taj Mahal from below

One of many beautiful inlay work which can be seen all over Taj Mahal. All made by hand between 1631 and 1653 by workers from Persia. Ancestors from the inlay workers still live in Agra and keeps the tradition of doing inlya alive to some extent.

One of the four minarets in one of the corners. They are built by 4 degree tilting angle too the outside. In case of earth quake or damage on the minarets they will fall too the outside and not on the main structure of Taj Mahal.

The garden with the main gate in the background. When Emperor Shah Jahan first came to Agra from Persia he was so amazed by all green items like flowers, grass, plants etc, which he saw in India so he decided to plant alot of grass and roses.

East side of Taj Mahal.

Overall it was a great experience to see Taj Mahal and I got a good guide which could tell me alot of things which I would have missed if I just would have walked by myself. If you have the possibility to come to India, make sure that you plan a visit to Taj Mahal, it will be worth it for sure.

Over and out!

Weekend

2009-03-01T11:06:00.002+05:30

As you might have figured out; I've been to Agra to see the famous Taj Mahal. More about that later during the day, now breakfast and then off to Tom to play some XBOX360 and then go to the beach.

Over and Out!

Picture of the Day

2009-03-01T10:58:00.002+05:30

Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you; one of the seven wonders of the world; the one and only!

TAJ MAHAL

Picture of the Day

2009-02-26T10:00:00.001+05:30

Goats on the beach

Picture of the Day

2009-02-25T15:15:00.000+05:30

Updates.........

2009-02-25T12:13:00.003+05:30

I've got some kind of food posioning again and been in bed for the two last days. Not the worst food posioning I've had during my time in India but enough to make my energy go away. Today I feel better and will hopefully be back on track tomorrow.

It was probably the sunday brunch at Fishermans Cove; some of the meat kind of looked suspiciously red but what the hell...........what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger and gives you diarrhoea

Over and out!

Weekend

2009-02-23T13:56:00.005+05:30

Went down to Mahablipuram which is small town south of Chennai. The town itself isn't much to see except for the old temples, the 'butterball' and other ancient stone stuff. The level of excitement of taking pictures of old stone temples are not that high either; it's made of stone, it's been there for thousands of years and will probably stand their for another thousand year.

Luckily there was A LOT of school children this day and they are always very keen on posing in front of the camera. Got some good picture which are shown below:

Proud

'Sir, sir, please take picture!!'

Big smiles!

Shy and curious

Picture of the Day

2009-02-23T13:48:00.003+05:30

Onion boy at Mysore Vegetable and Fruit market

Weekend

2009-02-20T15:21:00.003+05:30

In two hours I'm leaving work and then it's weekend once again. Since my modem is not up and running their will be no updates during the Saturday/Sunday unless a miracle happens. Miracle in the sence that Airtel somehow shows up at the apartement with a new modem but that will probably not happen. Been there done that so too say..........

Friday night plans: Maybe dinner at the mongolian barbeque at Rain Tree hotel if some other swedes are up for it. Otherwise I'll have some indian food at home with a couple of beers, just downloaded the new episodes of Lost and 24. I've also started watching a new show called 'True Blood'; a redneck vampire show, looks promising but I have only seen one episode so far. I want 'Californication' season 3 too start again, one of my top five favourite serie; competing against 'The Office', '24', 'Lost', Seinfeld' and 'Sopranos'

Saturday plans: Either visit crocodile bank or go down to Mahablipuram for some photos. After that go to Pleasant Days and hang out at the beach/swimming pool, gotta work that tan for beach 2009. No plans for the evening.

Sunday plans: Maybe go to the 'The Park' and eat their fantastic buffet of seafood, beef, sushi, pizzas, desserts etc etc. Most important; unlimited sparkling wine, beer and red/white vine.

Picture of the Day

2009-02-20T08:51:00.005+05:30

Playing around with brightness, saturation and colours in a photo editing program

Before

After

Stroll around the neighborhood

2009-02-19T11:45:00.010+05:30

I got home a little bit earlier yesterday so I decided to take a walk around the neighborhood along with the camera. If I remember correctly this is the third time in one and a half year that I’m walking in Chennai. I did it two times in the beginning then I started to use the auto (alias tuk tuk) for doing small errands but for the past three months I have driven myself. WHAT? Are you driving yourself? You wanna get killed you stupid moron?

Well, it’s not as difficult as people think; all you need to know is that anything can happen at any time. Basic driving in India is the following; keep one foot on top of the brake, one foot on the gas and keep one hand at the horn and then gas/break/horn, gas/break/horn; you repeat this X number of times and then you’re driving in India, simple!

Anyway got some picture of my hood which is shown below.

Afternoon traffic rush is starting

Man trying to cross the street in his eye catching shirt

Symmetry in the chaos of traffic

Guardian monster at Adyar Bridge

Local bus station

Street dog is relaxing in a pile of sand

Picture of the Day

2009-02-19T08:33:00.002+05:30

Relaxing on the beach

Weekend in Dehli

2009-02-18T08:44:00.004+05:30

I'm sitting here and planning a weekend in Dehli or more correct; fly early Friday morning from Chennai to Dehli and fly back late Saturday evening. Two things on the agenda:

I'm planning to visit the Swedish embassy to renew my passport since the photo page basically fell out the last time I opened my passport. It was probably that bitch in the reception at the Taj Hotel in Verkalla who broke it. Her smile went from one ear to the other when she gave my passport back. Should have figure out that something was wrong! It's one of these first fancy European passport which has some fault by default so to say. Anyway, they will give a new passport for free which is good but I need to be there in person to take photos etc etc, boring yes, but a man gotta do what a man gotta do.

Early Saturday morning I will go and see the Taj Mahal so that I can remove one point from my '100 places to see before I die'-list. I heard it's pretty awesome but at the same time; a lot of foreigners, a lot of disturbing street vendors that wants to sell nick-nacks and shit. Since I'm getting used to this; I use my evil stone face and give them the 'What tha fakk' r u looki' at lad'-look and that works pretty good.

BTW; my modem broke down yesterday, fakkin' 'ell! What am I going to do now during the evenings? Maybe I can watch one of the hundred Tamil/Hindi movie channels which are provided on the satellite network..........or not.

Over and Out!

Picture of the Day

2009-02-18T08:40:00.001+05:30

Fisherman waiting under the train bridge in Varkalla

Picture of the Day

2009-02-17T09:17:00.003+05:30

Three different shapes of the popular elephant god Ganesha

Indian Michael Jackson

2009-02-17T08:27:00.006+05:30

Don't you just wanna get dressed in a red jump suit and move your feet like you been on a three day acid trip when you see this video?

Indian habits

2009-02-16T19:26:00.002+05:30

Since my time in India is coming to its end; three and half month to go, count down in progress. I somehow want to summarize my time over here in the land of holy cows and hot and humid climate. I start with ‘Indian habits I don’t want to use in Sweden’

- Burping after indulging your breakfast/lunch/dinner. The more you burp after a meal, the better food you had! The more sound it makes, the better food you had!
- Farting. Ending the burp with a fart that leaves a brown skid mark in the pants is a sign that the food was really tasty and spicy!
- Spitting in the corners of the staircase. If no elevator is provided in the building you’re visiting you have the full right to spit your excessive saliva in the nearest corner. Extra point if your mouth is full of chewed red pawn which leaves a big red stain on the wall which is impossible to remove.
- Peeing in crouching position. What the hell is this, women sits down and pee, men stand up and pee, that’s it, no further question your honour! If God wanted men to sit down and pee he would have given us a mangina.
- Pooping in public. Since 80% of the population doesn’t have access to a functional toilet I understand that you need to release the pressure once in a while but please move more than 1 meter from the road. Maybe the beach is not the best choice either…..
- Crouch scratching. It’s not the normal Al Bundy hand down the pants when watching TV at home; it’s more scratching outside the pants with the whole hand when you don’t think anyone is seeing it.
- Queuing. If you leave more than 20 centimeter to the person in front of you in a queue you’re officially not in the queue in India. This means that you have the full right to just squeeze in and get a head of that person.
- Personal space. There’s no such thing as personal space in India!
- Shaking the head. No matter what the answer is too your question, you get a head shake which is a combination of a western ‘yes’ and ‘no’ head shake. The head shake can both mean ‘Yes’, ‘No’, ‘Maybe’, ‘Shut up you white boy and just give me the money’ or ‘I will do it but it will take time’. The worst part about the head shakes; I find myself doing it on a regular basis……

Hepp, some spaghetti with Barilla Olive sauce and a glass of water, yummie!

Over and out!

Picture of the Day

2009-02-16T10:02:00.001+05:30

The three monkey boys performing at Chamundeswari Hill

Monday morning

2009-02-16T08:50:00.003+05:30

The prodigy from the west coast in Sweden Mr. Basshunter.

'Basshunter - Now you're gone' now playing on Chennai 104.8, crank up the volume and rock this office!

UNTZ, UNTZ, UNTZ...........

Saturday roadtrip

2009-02-15T20:08:00.016+05:30

Made a day trip down the coast line of Tamil Nadu to visit some places I have been recommended to see before I leave India.

Started 6 AM from Chennai and reached Pondicherry in two hours. Ate two omelets with onion and green chili just before Pondicherry and had to find a toilet pretty quick after that. Luckily I've been in Pondicherry before and could easily locate a toilet at HiDesign Hotel down by the beach. There's one thing you learn pretty quick in India; always keep track of the closest western hotel in case of emergency.

Freedom fighters below the statue of Gandhi at Pondicherry beach walk

Continued down the coast to Pichavaram were you can find a backwater area which is protected by the government. Took a motor boat for a 40 minute ride but didn't see much of interest. Got some good picture though but it wasn't really worth the 1.5 hour drive from Pondicherry.

Skinny fisherman in his boat

Like mushrooms the trees emerges from the murky water

Falcon hiding in the tree.

Left Pichavaram pretty quick after the boat ride and went to town nearby called Chidambaram. They have a well maintained temple devoted to Shiva called Nataraja Temple. The temple is most famous for its impressive gopurams (gateway towers) which you can see in the picture below. I wasn't allowed too take picture inside the actual temple, you normally aren't allowed, but they had one roof which was coated with gold; reflecting the burning sun into the temple poja room.

I did the mistake of taking of both my shoes and socks this time (no shoes inside any temple) which was a BIG mistake. The stones outside on the temple court yard was burning hot at 12 PM and I had criss cross the yard to find the a suitable area for my poor feet. BTW, mosquito bites are gone.

Close up of one of the gopurams. Figures displayed on the gopurams tells a hindu myth which is impossible to understand without someone explaining it for you

Woman sitting below the might walls of the gopuram.

Went back to Pondicherry and headed for Auroville and the matrimandir which is displayed in the 'Picture of the Day' in the post below. I got a Goa feeling when entering the outskirts of Auroville. A lot of hippie influenced western people riding two wheelers on the small roads trying to dodge the speeding Mahindras and Tatas with Indian drivers behind the wheel.

Overall a good day but everytime you want to go somewhere in India it requires a lot of time for travelling in between the sites. Luckily I had Srinivasan (my driver) along with my who knows Tamil Nadu inside and outside. Came home at 09 PM and feel a sleep pretty quick.

Picture of the Day

2009-02-15T10:38:00.003+05:30

Matrimandir at Auroville outside Pondicherry (Puducherry). Matrimandir is an edifice of spiritual significance for practitioners of Integral Yoga. It's placed in the middle of the town Auroville and sometimes called soul of the city.

New and Old India

2009-02-13T16:10:00.003+05:30

The land of contrasts; the farmer and his bullock cart is transporting hay on Bangalore Higway outside Sriperumbudur (tongue twister). Sharing the two lane road space with buses, trucks, autos and cars.

Visitors

2009-02-13T13:37:00.003+05:30

I had a couple of friends over for a drinking party last night.

Time: 02:00 AM to 05:00 AM

Place: My left and right foot

Served beverages: AB blood

Lesson learned: Never sleep with your feet outside the bed sheet!

Picture of the Day

2009-02-13T08:57:00.003+05:30

Varkalla coast line

Dinner discussion

2009-02-12T21:11:00.003+05:30

Conversation with Mani (the guy who cooks food for me) reg. todays dinner.

- Today I don't want Indian food. I want french fries.
- Uhhh.......frunch fry?
- Yes, you now the potato sticks you made a couple of months ago?
- Yes, no.....hmmmm.....?
- You chopped them up in sticks and then you fried them; I also had some chicken nuggets.
- Aaaah, I remember, franch fry you mean!
- Correct, can you make that?
- No problem John!

10 minutes passes by. I'm in the bed reading a book.

- John, you want Masala spices on the potatoes?
- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Over and out!

How to cross the road in India

2009-02-12T16:06:00.001+05:30

Picture of the Day

2009-02-12T12:51:00.004+05:30

The sun is rising from the Bay of Bengal. View from my balcony at 06:20 AM this morning.

Nothing...

2009-02-12T12:15:00.000+05:30

No luck today of taking the picture, try again tomorrow.

Transgender people again

2009-02-11T16:49:00.002+05:30

BTW, when going out from my living area I’m passing by a bus stop were a lot of college kids are waiting for their bus. One day I saw one young guy, 20-25 years old, with a curly wig on the head and dressed in a churidar (a long sleeve shirt which goes down to the knees and tight pants underneath the shirt). I thought maybe it was because of some school project or costume party, what do I know, I have seen some strange shit here in Chennai.

Anyway, today I saw the same guy dressed in another colorful churidar and then I started thinking; can it be a coincident that I see the same guy two times in a churidar or is he the new generation of transgender people?

Hmm, tomorrow I only have one mission in the morning, try to snap a picture of this person, if he’s there again? Result will be published on the blog of course.

Sooo cute

To be continued………

You know you are Swedish when…

2009-02-11T10:21:00.002+05:30

We follow up the 'You know you are Indian when.....'-list with the 'You know you are Swedish when.....'-list. I would say most items on the list are very distinguished for Swedish people; especially when you have spent some time outside Sweden.

1. You go seriously sentimental when entering an IKEA store, outside the borders of Sweden.
2. Whenever discussing international problems you always, without exception state that “why don’t you do it like we do it in Sweden?”
3. You get guilty conscience from throwing things in the dustbin that could have been recycled.
4. You take your shoes off when entering a house.
5. You find the ads for Coca Cola during Christmas completely useless since no one would consider drinking any other soft drink than “julmust” during Christmas anyway.
6. You find it normal to have to go to a special store that is owned by the government, that’s only open during daytime to buy a bottle of wine, or other alcoholic beverages.
7. You split the check by the exact penny after eating at a restaurant.
8. You consider Sweden the best place on earth and that Swedes are the most intelligent and beautiful people in the world.
9. You have been accused of being from Switzerland. Repeatedly.
10. You just love singing “snapsvisor” while drinking any kind of alcohol.
11. You generally consider the pre-party better than the night out in a club that follows.
12. You look forward all year for August when you get to gather your friends, put on stupid paper hats, drink vodka, sing and eat crayfish.
13. It’s raining and you hear yourself say your grandmother’s wise words, “There is no bad weather, just bad clothes”
14. You constantly have to point out that not EVERYONE in Sweden is blonde; in fact you add that most people are not.
15. IKEA is home away from home.
16. You find it OBVIOUS that a mile is 10 kilometers.
17. You go to the downtown during a Sunday and don’t expect to meet a single soul during a 30-minute walk.
18. You know almost every other country in the world as well as most capital cities, or have at least studied this for a Geography test.
19. Every time you see a Swedish brand/actor/company/phone/car/furniture store you feel compelled to point that out to your friends (with badly hidden pride in your voice).
20. People say your name in fifty different ways, but no one can get it right.
21. You instinctively spot ‘Swedes’ from a distance just based on looks and what they’re wearing.
22. You think going to the pub for a drink is a waste of time if you’re not going to get drunk.
23. You brag about the free healthcare and the free school system to every non-Swede that you have a political conversation with.
24. You have absolutely no idea what is meant by” Swedish massage” that keeps being advertised as a hot item in spas all over the world.
25. You feel bad if you’re not outside on a sunny day.

Point no. 19 is very on spot for me; whenever I hear a Swedish song on the radio in the car I feel compelled to tell this to my driver. Funny thing is that last two weeks a lot of Basshunter songs has been played on the radio, but I feelt no need to tell the driver that this is Swedish artist...........Hmmm, wonder why

Picture of the Day

2009-02-11T08:22:00.001+05:30

The top of a small temple building at Varkalla, Keralla.

News Article of the Week

2009-02-10T19:44:00.007+05:30

Indian newspapers are one of a kind; in the sense that it's quite different from a Swedish newspaper. I have a subscription of two news paper which are delivered to the door each morning around 6:50 AM to 7:10 AM. I would say I'm extremely surprised that the newspapers are showing up in time when so much else is late, late and late in this country. Anyway, most of the articles are related to the following subjects:

- Infrastructure (why it's delayed, who delayed, etc etc)

- Death. How many died in traffic, how got robbed and stabbed to death, a 23 year old woman falls down in a hole in the bus and gets under the bus and dies!

- Politicians shaking hand, telling what great job they actually could have done if the opposite party wouldn't interfere in their job.

- Collywood movie stars partying in their 80's outfits at some new trendy expensive pub

But what did I find in yesterdays paper; an article about the third gender, the transvestits in Chennai. What is quite unknown to people outside India is that India has a lot of transgender people; which basically is men in saris. Anyway, they are mostly begging and selling sex to earn money but some smart corporation people has now found out that they CAN actually work! The world welcomes India to 2009, daaahhh!

One of the jobs they will do in future is to assemble spare parts for companies like Nokia, Motorola and Foxconn; the mobile phone industry. My first thought was; why aren't my dear friends at Sony Ericsson offering their help to the transgender people?

Tom, Daniel, Per, Peter, Mats, Fredrik. Maria! I have some people who wants internship at your office, when can they come?

Over and out.

You Know You're Indian When....

2009-02-10T12:51:00.003+05:30

You Know You're Indian When....
1. Your dad is some sort of engineer or doctor.
2. You know what's going to happen in every Hindi movie before it happens
3. You're father and grandfathers have hair on their ears
4. Your relatives' houses smell like incense, mothballs or both
5. You buy corn oil by the gallon.
6. You arrive one or two hours late to a party and think it's normal.
7. You are standing next to the two largest suitcases at the Airport.
8. Your parents don't realize phone connections to foreign countries have improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs when making long distance calls.
9. There is a sale on any item, you buy 100 of them.
10. Your mother does everything for you if you are male.
11. You do all the housework and cooking if you are female.
12. Your relatives alone could populate a small city.
13. You went to a university as far away from home as possible.
14. You still came back home to live with your parents after you had finished.
15. Your best friend got married at the age of 16.
16. You use chilli sauce instead of tomato ketchup.
17. You say you hate Indian films but secretly watch them with your parents.
18. You order Indian food in your own language to impress the people you're with but the waiters don't understand you.
19. You secure your baggage with a rope.
20. You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and you see all twenty-five members of your family who have come to pick you up.
21. You're parents would freak out if your sister wore a crop top baring her midriff...but wearing a sari is perfectly acceptable
22. Your parent are panicking if you aren't married when you turn 25
23. Your mother measures wealth in gold and diamonds
24. A horoscope must decide your wedding date
25. Your parents drink 6 cups of tea a day
26. You are sick and tired of answering questions about "the dot"
27. You could not explain your religion to someone if you tried
28. No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming over for a visit.

Hepp, lunch time; Chicken Spring Rolls with Garlic Sauce and Cut Fruits. Same as last three months, why change if something is good?

Urban Animal of the Week

2009-02-10T10:18:00.004+05:30

So, today I will present Urban Animal of the Week and hopefully present a new animal each Wednesday with picture and some text. Today we start with the car speed breaker number one: Water Buffalo

Location: Roaming along the highway and relaxing in a puddle of mud which formed during the monsoun season
Habitat: Creating chaos on the highway by going bananas in the middle of the road
Favorite food: Garbage leftovers and some times grass

Next Week: Monkey

Don't worry, be happy

2009-02-10T09:18:00.005+05:30

School kids playing downstream of the big dam Krishna Raja Sagarar

Picture of the Day

2009-02-09T20:57:00.001+05:30

Sun set view from the hotel balcony in Varkalla, Keralla. Beautiful place with relaxed atmosphere.

Pursuit of Happiness

2009-02-09T14:38:00.000+05:30

Zipping some bubbles at FisherMans Cove on a Sunday makes you this happy!

Got the blues

2009-02-09T11:35:00.000+05:30

Sometimes it feels like your family and friends are very far away........

Crazy night traffic!

2009-02-09T09:12:00.000+05:30

The endless snake of head lights passing through the narrow streets of Chennai during night time.

Watch out or the snake will bite you!

Picture of the Day

2009-02-09T08:31:00.000+05:30

Picture taken at one of the temples at Chamundeswari Hill which is located at Mysore, Karnataka.