On the 24th the Bosun of m/y Ashena, Mohsin, asked if I would like to visit the Island and I thanked yes as I had not gone there yet (as it ...

Ganesh idol in a makeshift shrine

Ganesh temple at Mira road

As I was out on errands and the end of the day was coming I kept seeing the Dahi Handi's (claypot filled with milkcurd) being rigged ove...

So August has gone by and we have seen more rain that we would ever prefer. It has been raining hard, poured down with water, torrential rai...

On 25th Aug I came across this article in Mumbai Mirror  where they envisioned new Marinas in several areas near Mumbai, such as Gateway, Ma...

Pink color showing Khalijia III, red MSC Chitra

It was an ordinary day on August 9th when it was announced in the news that two cargo ships, MSC Chitra and Khalijia III had collided just ...

July has gone my vacation is over and I am back at work for a year or so to come. Well, those who are not famliar with the Mumbai weather ...

So, we had arrived Mumbai and I checked into Hotel Elphinstone Annexe , est. 1946, an old colonial style building near the port on 149 P. D...

We woke up early and left Nagercoil for Trivandrum 3 hrs before the train was due to leave. We had our rally driver wannabe driving so we fe...

This was our last day in Tamil Nadu and Richard had lined up a visit to  Colachel  beach and the Kali temple adjacent to it. Historically Co...

After the aqueduct the driver took us deeper into the Tamil Nadu foothills through some very narrow and curvy roads with the gas pedal floor...

Next in the program was to visit the Mathur Aqueduct that is the longest and highest aqueduct in South Asia. Not that I think there are so ...

Next morning Richard picked us up again and on we went for the  Padmanabhapuram Palace , the former capital of Kingdom of Travancore until i...

We had some breakfast and soon after Richard came to pick us up to go to Kaniyakumari (Cape Comorin). The day was already stiflingly hot and...

As I still had some days of vacation left to spend I asked Jira whether she would be interested in joining me to go down south India to Tami...

Having been on vacation for most of the month there is not much to tell you this month. I flew back from Finland on the 8th I was Mumbai by ...

I had been sitting at home or been doing errands when we then decided to go and see some waterfalls in Trang province for a change. N. Toe...

Early morning in front of the Taj

This morning we had time with Mia to open up the attic of the old barn and explore the contents. Everything as covered in dust worth years...

Next day all picked themselves up and spent the morning perusing the empty chicken farms that could house 100.000 free range chicks. There...

Today was time for my sister to move to her estate in Laitila with 7 hectares of land. I was enlisted to the moving troupe. We left with m...

Next day came and me and Mom headed for Kustavi (Gustavs)  to see the summer house there, while Mom was doing shopping in the new Grocery s...