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 [View with PicLens] 1234► A to remain nameless worry some aunt once asked me, “How do you know what bus to get on? What happens if you get on the wrong bus?” To which my reply was, “I guess I go somewhere else then.” It had actually never happened to me until recently [...]  [View with PicLens] 1234…789► There has been more than a few times when I’ve arrived in a town and after a quick look around thought to myself what am I going to do here for the rest of the day, yet on each occasion that thought as crossed my mind something invariably arises [...]  [View with PicLens] 1234…8910► My initial experience with the art of Theyyam enthralled me to the point where I was anxious to seek out more of this captivating ritual art form. I returned to the Kannur District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) office that had been so helpful in leading me to the first [...]  [View with PicLens] 12345► Getting to Kannur, a city in northern Kerala along India’s southwest coast should have been the easy part. But as I arrived at the Mangalore state run bus stand I was told the same thing I was told at the private bus stand, “no bus to Kerala, strike.” My [...]  [View with PicLens] 1234…678► Udupi is a pilgrim town near the coast in southern Karnataka. It is also the birthplace of the masala dosa, a tasty south Indian snack/meal consisting of spiced potatoes wrapped in a rice flour pancake served with chutneys. It as close as India comes to a breakfast burrito, which [...]  [View with PicLens] 12345► Its far from the prettiest beach I’ve seen, there isn’t a whole lot to do, yet Gokarna has a way of gripping and enticing travelers to stay far beyond there intended duration. I think one would be hard pressed to find anyone who has not stayed longer than they [...]  [View with PicLens] 12345► From Bijapur, I left Muslim ruins behind for Hindu ones in and around the village of Badami. Badami along with nearby Pattadakal and Aihole (pronounced a-hole-leh, rather than a-hole) are the sites of some well preserved Hindu temple architecture dating from 4th to 8th centuries. Although the temples were [...] | ||||
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