Destination: India

Pailing into the Ordinary

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 | By sidhus_on_safari | Views [1109] | Comments [8]

Something ordinary can be so very complicated. Sister Anthea is there, Shayne, Neelu. We've not been at the orphanage long and we are ready to have a chat about the delay in the process of Ankita's court case when I notice two nuns standing at the ... Read more >

Tags: adoption, delhi, india, missionaries of charity

down by the sea

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By sfau | Views [216]

Damn, there are a lot of white people in this town and they’re mostly French. Not that’s a bad thing I mean it could be worse, they could all be Germans or even worse Australians…G’day mate!….O the horror! Mamallapurum is a small seaside town with ... Read more >

Leh, 24 luglio

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By bompresso | Views [516] | Comments [5]

Rieccoci finalmente. Sono di nuova viva e connessa, dopo che una brutta influenza intestinale mi ha tenuto a letto (per non dire altro) per due giorni. Oltretutto qua internet non sempre funziona, cosi e passato un bel po di tempo dall'ultima ... Read more >

Grace

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 | By salvation_karmy | Views [742] | Comments [3]

I realize that I haven’t written too often about what the Lord has been teaching me during my time in India. That is not because I haven’t learned anything of interest – actually quite the opposite – God has been unbelievably faithful to me. I have ... Read more >

Thanjavur : half a day would of been enough

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 | By sfau | Views [359]

Well it has a world heritage listed temple. Was that a good enough reason to go? Yes but then again maybe no. Anyway back to the temple. It’s not the biggest I’ve seen and it was very similar to the ones at Hampi. It did have a large craved bull ... Read more >

Neelu - beginning with bangles.

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 | By sidhus_on_safari | Views [1104] | Comments [2]

The heat was overwhelming as we made our way to the Patna Shishu Bhavan. It took the auto-rickshaw driver a couple of attempts to find his way there. We didn't take an air-conditioned car because the streets are small in the old city and there are few ... Read more >

Tags: adoption, mother teresa, patna

An Absence of Malice.

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 | By sidhus_on_safari | Views [1184] | Comments [9]

I would have posted this sooner but I have lost the flow in the past couple of days.  Things that can hurt. Being told that your adoption case has been adjourned is at the top of my list of life pains. Sure there was no intention on the part of the ... Read more >

Tags: adoption, delhi, the hague convention

Full Moon Party

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 | By simon_hennig | Views [3716]

22/07/2008 Koh Phangan, Thailand.   With no expectations of a great party on the 19th, but overly curious and in need of a dance, we arrived back in Thong Nai Pan Yai on the 17th.   Our plan was to stay at Haad Rin, where the party is ... Read more >

Ankita's Shishu Bhavan

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 | By sidhus_on_safari | Views [2046] | Comments [2]

The Ranchi  orphanage is a very peaceful and happy place. The orphanage is arranged around a front and rear court yard. The larger front courtyard has a large shady  tree to one side and smaller shrubs and flowering bushes are planted in garden beds ... Read more >

Tags: adoption., missionaries of charity, ranchi

trichy

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 | By sfau | Views [289]

The train ride out of Rameswaram was easy, relaxing and as the sun went down we headed into an electrical storm. Now, being inside a large metal box, on big metal wheels rolling along a big metal track made me wonder…do trains get hit by lightening? ... Read more >

High out of Chandigarh

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 | By sidhus_on_safari | Views [894] | Comments [6]

We are at the Timber Trails resort, high up in the Mountains outside of Chandigarh. The resort looks down onto all of the surrounding hills. A river snakes through the steep valleys to the north and to the west there are terraces stepping down the steep ... Read more >

Tags: adoption, chandigarh, delhi courts

Desiring the Invisible

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 | By sidhus_on_safari | Views [899] | Comments [1]

Waiting: and now the story has a true beginning. Ranchi. The sound,the presence of children waiting in the rows of cots painted blue. I have seen Ankita. I can say that. But a photograph has no scent. It doesn't let your eye glide across the face ... Read more >

Tags: adoption, india. ranchi

one last beginning

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 | By walking-buddy | Views [552]

there was a great difference when i saw life with my eyes open and when my eyes were closed so i got to know about the value of my eyes just then only as i saw in front of me a person who had no eyes and still he was very sincere in whatever he was doing ... Read more >

Tags: one last beginning

N.A.F.T

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 | By sfau | Views [298]

I was glad to get off the bus after a long and amazingly bumpy 10 hour ride. The next several minutes were spent tying to get some feeling back into my arse…I failed! The bus station was a 10 minute rickshaw ride from the centre of town and I was ... Read more >

clue or true

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 | By walking-buddy | Views [636]

i went to the land of my grandma about ten years ago and that time it was very difficult to go there because there were very less vehicles which went there as it was a place which was full of danger and now after ten years when i went the place has just ... Read more >

Tags: clue or true