Travelogues Tamil Nadu

Day 28: Chennai and Mamallapuram

Don Curry likes to visit the major attractions of the world. Unfortunately, these are the places where whole busloads of tourists are regularly brought in to be quickly...

Don Curry is disappointed. When he plans a trip, he reads a lot. He wants to know as much as possible about the places he plans to visit. Over time, the many pieces of...

Don Curry is very conscious about his diet. While there are people who eat anything without thinking about what they are actually eating, this is not the case with Don Curry. He...

Day 30: From Yercaud to Ooty

Day 29: From Mamallapuram to Yercaud

Day 27: From Tranquebar to Mamallapuram

Don Curry can now summarize India in one word: colors. India is a country full of colors: whether it's spices, flower and vegetable markets, or the brightly colored saris of...

Hello everyone, it's been a while and as the title suggests, this will be the last post for this year. In the last post, I mentioned that I had booked tickets for Amritsar in...

Day 31: On the Nilgiri Blue Train

Don Curry is very interested in history. All political entities, all traditions, all religions did not arise by chance. They are the result of specific situations, specific...

Chennai Airport

An eventful weekend in Mahabalipuram and Chennai, with visits to the temples, the open-air museum, and good restaurants

Dear friends, family and acquaintances! I am really excited about your interest, all the sympathy and the numerous wishes that reach me regarding my trip to India! I am very...

In Chennai we had our first real Couchsurfing experience. Barath, a 27-year-old architect, lets backpackers stay in a room in his office. He was even kind enough to pick us up...

My Journey Through South India

Visit to Tamil University. Indian food. Visiting an Indian family. Trip to the King's Palace.

Visit to the Danish fortress and the Ziegenbalg House in Tharangambadi, and much more.

In Hyderabad, we had planned to make a short culinary stopover, as we had eaten some of our best thalis there on our last trip. But once again, everything turned out...

Minakshi Temple (Sri Minakshi Sundareshwara Temple)

Of Small and Big Horrors.

Flight to India and a crazy taxi ride from Chennai to Tharangambadi

Hello dear friends, family and acquaintances! For almost a week now, I've been lying flat with bronchitis and have had a lot of time to reflect on my previous trip to India, so...

Good morning South India! I am pleasantly surprised. It is cleaner, no longer smells like urine, less poverty can be seen, the road conditions are better, and people don't stare...

After Mahashivratri, I had 5 days before the start of my stay at the Isha Yoga Center. Near Coimbatore, the nearest major city is the hill station Ooty, which several people had...

Isha The beauty of your silence echoes softly through your temples, your gardens, your paths. The beauty of your temples and gardens invites stillness, introspection, and...

Already in the early morning hours, we went back to Delhi from our accommodation to catch a flight to Chennai. Once again, I almost slept through everything. 🙈 At the airport,...

Today, it was forecasted to be 40 degrees Celsius, too hot for me! 🔥 I could barely move... In the morning, the Brihadishvara Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was on the...