Tag: India
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CHEBROLU
On this trip, we never know what the family has in store for us. We just move when we’re told to move and eat when we’re told to eat. After we visited the cemetery I assumed we would head home but we started heading out of the city. I asked Sampath what’s going on and he said we’re going to his house. I said I didn’t recognise the road and he said his ‘other home’ – the new home that he was building. So we drove on for thirty minutes or…
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A WEDDING IN KAKINADA
Padma and I jumped out of bed at 7.30 as we were told a car would drop by at 9.30 to pick us up and take us to the wedding. Lots to do to get organised. But we must have been so exhausted that we had forgotten we were in India. It was more like 11 before we finally left the hotel. No one seemed concerned that the wedding was set to start at 10, so I just sat back and enjoyed watching the street scenes of Kakinada as we drove…
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A CHANGE OF PLANS
You always need a contingency plan when you travel in India. Our plan was to arrive in mid-morning and check into a comfortable airport hotel and just recover from the flights. The next morning we were to catch an early morning flight to Kakinada via Hyderabad and have a relaxing afternoon to rest prior to the wedding. That all changed once we arrived. We were told that our early morning flight on SpiceJet to Hyderabad had been cancelled and there were really no other flight options the next day. A train…
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CANCELLED!
Today was supposed to be a fairly relaxing day with minimal travel. A day of rest prior to the wedding. All started out fine but the tide quickly changed when we arrived at the airport. We checked into our flight and the attendant acted as if all was fine and on time. When we arrived at our departure gate I immediately realised that this would not be a slow and relaxing day. A large group had congregated at our departure gate and was shouting at a pair of SpiceJet employees and…
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Chennai.
Nothing beats the joyous atmosphere of an airport reunion and all of the elements were in place as we made our first steps into the hustle and bustle of Chennai. Padma’s cousins, Ravi and Minny from Gudur and Usha and Santosh from Chennai were waiting for us as we finally left the airport and took our first steps on Indian soil. Before we knew it we had beautiful garlands made of fresh flowers placed around our necks by Usha and Minny. We felt quite honoured to be welcomed in such a…
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