After school one night we met some kids from school at the shops who were buying crackers for Diwali. So we got very excited and …Read More
Author: Jane Jolly
Blue Elephants
Couldn’t resist putting these photos up. There are two of these elephants at the front of the Hindu Shrine here. It is a very Gujarati …Read More
Meeting the Locals
Today we walked across to Adani Dav School and were given a tour by Jose. This is a truly beautiful school. Colourful, cool and the …Read More
Truck Stops, Lassis and the Port of Mundra
On Saturday morning we got up at 4:00am to be picked up to be taken to the Railway Station to catch our train to Gandhidham. …Read More
Rangoli for Diwali
Today at school there was a Rangoli competition amongst the school Houses for the best Rangoli design leading up to Diwali celebrations. The House names …Read More
The Temple of Education
We have now had three days at Adani Vidya Mandir which translates to “Adani Temple of Education”. Great name for a school hey? It is …Read More
Mahatma Gandhi and Elephants in Ahmedabad
Today we hired an auto-rickshaw driver to take us to some spots in Ahmedabad. The first being the Mahatma Gandhi Ashram. This was the most …Read More
Ahmedabad and the Future Indian Cricket Team
Have arrived safely in Ahmedabad after two train trips. The first was on the Haridwar Mail and took us to Delhi from Haridwar. We then …Read More
Charming India
At Rishikesh we saw our first Indian Snake Charmer. He set himself up at the entrance to the hotel where we were staying and did …Read More
The Maharaja’s “Suit” and John Lennon is alive and well in Rishikesh!!
After phoning the Bhandari Swiss Cottage and booking 2 rooms which might sleep the 3 of us ( they don’t have rooms for 3 and …Read More
Aarti on Mother Ganga
Well here we are in Rishikesh! We walked down through the bazaar tonight and crossed the swinging bridge at Luxman Jhula and then walked up …Read More
Only In India
What an interesting day we had today. Went by taxi to look at Everest House but it was such a long walk going seemingly nowhere …Read More
“Moving” Clouds
Last night we went by taxi with Neva and Immu to the Charka, a viewing spot where on a good day you can see the …Read More
Aussie Party
Last night Neva held a party for us and all of the Aussies on campus. A coolie brought up 15 outside chairs on his back …Read More
Dehradun and Mussoorie
On Saturday we caught the train to Dehradun and had an overnight stay. We visited the markets and went out to the Tibetan Stupa at …Read More