We went out to change some money and got into a conversation with the local shopkeeper cum moneychanger. Long story but he gave us directions to the local Royal Enfield dealer. No sooner did we arrive and I mentioned I was after some spares & we were on the back of bikes (an Enfield Thunderbird in Desley's case) and off to their service area. Here's a few pix - if not interested in motorbikes you are excused from this point. I did get some cheap spares thou...

Spent most of the day indoors in the cool air - it's been 37 degrees plus for 3 days straight. A wedding reception was held over the road from our hotel - much noise from a drum & trumpet band, very loud and dangerous fireworks and their own elephant. Indian people know how to stage a wedding that's for sure. Ken & Desley.

Just a quick note: Ongoing Internet access issues means no photo's can be uploaded from here (our Hotel) at present. I've had a look at local Net Cafe's and they are very grim set-ups indeed. This means we may not be able to let you see any photos until we get back to Chennai late on Sunday the 11th. We booked the train yesterday, although we have again used the "Waiting List" system - this time on an "Emergency Quota" rather than a "Foreign Quota". No idea w...

­7-3-2012 Trichy - Day 2 - Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple Another day, another temple and this one is reputed to be the largest in India. It is located about 3 kilometres further north than the Rock Fort Temple visited yesterday so back we went on local bus number one. We're both starting to like travelling on these local buses as you just can't avoid rubbing shoulders with the locals and the vast majority respond immediately to a smile and will chat aw...

6-3-2012 - Rock Fort Temple, Trichy. So far the WiFi in the hotel has been unavailable a lot of the time. It's working now so off we go:- Up pretty early this morning in an attempt to beat the heat. We caught a local bus the 3 km to the Rock Fort Temple. The bus service here is pretty good actually, although crowded at times of course. It's cheap too at 10 rupees (for both of us) to get there and 8 rupees to return. Why different prices? - well, as we now kn...