Passports, what passports? (Or I don’t need no stinking…..)

The trip to Coimbatore (knitting and weaving capital of India) was the one part of the itinerary where the schedule and the timing and the structure of the day mattered. So when we were almost at the Chennai airport to fly to Coimbatore and I realized that I did not remember to bring our passports, [...]

Emeline in Chennai day 2

Today we went to Coimbatore. The flight was early in the mourning. It lasted only 40 minutes. We landed and went to Mr.P’s clothing factory. I got lots of free tee shirts. The factories were very clean inside and orderly. Heaps and heaps of tee shirts lay everywhere. I tasted fresh coconut juice for the [...]

Julia in Chennai, day 2

Today we went to a clothing factory. I got tons of clothes from Mr.P. I got clothes from Gap, Levi’s, Abercrombie & Fitch and other popular brands. I saw how the clothes were made. Later we ate lunch at Mr. P’s house. After lunch we went to a room and I tasted coconut juice. It [...]

Dakshinchitra

I have had little time to write. I am wring this with my laptop on my …lap……as we wind our way though traffic, just coming back from a terrific day in Coimbatore. We do spend much time fighting traffic trying to get from a to b. Our trip to Coimbatore involved around 5 hours of [...]