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This was a big catch-up day in the diary; there was no time between the 28 and the 31 to write, so this entry covers 3 pages of handwritten text. Morning excursion <18:37 31/01/2001 Ernakulam> was to a textile mill run by one of the Gobi $GROUP_MEMBERS. It was loud, smelled bad, and was poorly [...]

Yesterday we left Chennai for Gobichettipalayam, and learned just how exciting it can be to travel at night in a place where one does not speak the language. (When we left off, I had just declared that “Gobi is the sticks”.) <13:51 28/01/2001> 50K people total, in a cramped town surrounded by sugar cane farms [...]

Yesterday was a short post, but we’re starting to catch up today. <10:36 27/01/2001> Sanju’s uncle (Mohan) had suggested we visit the state museum. Sad, sad, sad. It was dirty, poorly lit, smelled bad, and it was depressing to see some of those great cultural relics (columns, pottery, bronzes) rotting away neglected. After that, bowling! [...]

A short one today: didn’t get much chance to journal that day. This entry was written in Gobichettipalayam, a town so small it isn’t on the map… <10:08 26/01/2001 Gobichettipalayam> At the reception, met a bunch of people, some of whom I’d be staying with during my travels. We ate there (21:00, very late by [...]

The temple as a whole A larger shot of the temple. (BTW, I’m putting all these pics in a Flickr photoset named “India 2001“.)