1 hour before I purchased a flight ticket for my son Harry to come home, from America,

for Christmas 2012 in New Zealand, my very generous mother,

decided the entire family are going with her on her last overseas trip abroad.

Brother Craig chose India; his "spiritual home".

There is no place I want to go to less,

but if I want to see my sons Luke and Harry at Christmas,

I have to go.

This blog will tell the tale ...from start to finish.

Will I love India or hate it?

Saturday, August 11, 2012

What I know about India now….
*St. Thomas arrived in Kerala from Israel in 52 A.D
*Saint Thomas died in India , in Chennai on The Mount , on the 21st December in the year 72.
*The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in the film is actually Ravla Khempur, located in Khempur, about an hour outside of Udaipur.
*Indian elephants have smaller ears than African elephants
*Maharajas’ Express is the newest luxury train of Indian Railways ..the cheapest rate per day is$US800
*The kama sutra was written in India
*Mumbai is about to get The Aquaria Grande project -skyscrapers that have pools instead of regular balconies
*The living root bridges are built by the ancient War-Khasi people of the Cherrapunjee region in India.
*The Musalman Daily”, daily newspaper published from Chennai in India and handwritten
*India is officially called the Republic of India
*Bull surfing in Kerala
*India is the world's most populous democracy.
*India's official national sport is field hockey not cricket
*The staple foods are wheat (predominantly in the north), rice (especially in the south and the east), and lentils
*Festival of colour
*Kama Sutra
*Goat Dragging or Buzkashi the Afghan sport played in India
*St thomas visited and died in india
*Cochin is a Portuguese enclave full of left footed fish eating Mickey Do's
*The Kama Sutra Temples Of Khajuraho
*Baba people
*Ancient Haridwar (the "Gateway to God")
*Dharamshala ,Amritsar It’s the spiritual capital of the Sikhs
*Bodhgaya where Buddha became enlightened under a Bodhi tree
*Rishikesh, the birthplace of yoga
*Jallikatti-Bull taming
*The game Kabaddi
* ‘Slumdog millionaire’ is a famous movie
* ‘The best exotic marigold hotel’ is another movie
*They hold cows sacred
*Their religion is Hindu
*The Ganges river is a major river
*Women wear Saris
*Women paint henna on their hands
*Goodness gracious me’ a telly programme
*Taj Mahal was  a memorial to a maharajah’s  wife
*Bollywood is a type of Indian film
*Ghandi was a famous leader
*Curry is made in India
*India excels at Cricket 

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