Adventures in India

Sunday, 7 July 2013

We went on a group outing to Banerghatta Zoo

This elephant was very obliging, but then I don't think that's an ankle bracelet he's wearing...

This tiger was having a bath

We made garlic naan

It was a bit floury - I think we need to cook it for longer

Friday, 5 July 2013

Tidge is doing a course with the BRILLIANT Cloud Mentor organisation which aims to widen the horizons of children in India anf stimulate inventive thought. On the first day, he made a multi-coloured flashing torch and a wind-powered car. Next week, he will learn what being a doctor involves, and will make a stethoscope.

Sewing on individual sequins

Made in China these are not

Vegetable carving lesson

Vegetable kebab

decorative onion

Co-pupil

Saturday, 29 June 2013

We tried a bit of Indian cooking today

The gobi manchuri wasn't much like gobi manchuri but it was really tasty. The Dhal looks like runny dog poo, the saghu we threw straight in the bin after this photo. The poori were the best and Tidge made those from scratch.

Thursday, 27 June 2013

Yummy

Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Chilling in bed with Sunny

I know I know - you want to know if I can bring back some of that bedlinen for you

Monday, 24 June 2013

Only 22 more days until Dad and Ivan get here

Odd signs Part 1

The purpose of all war is peace

Nothing like anything

Speaks for itself... sort of

Friday, 21 June 2013

Learning Indian cooking

Today Tidgy went to a cookery lesson and learned how to make poori and saghu. They were delicious.

Rat - splat

Not sure what I'd been up to back there...

Lots of flowers for sale at the Krishna Rajendra market

Hanging out at home

With our neighbour Merissa - his NBF

On our moped (he doesn't drive it on his own...)

Chillin in the new dungarees

Thursday, 20 June 2013

Government's work is God's work

So there you have it...

Interestingly, this (vast) government building, called Vidhana Soudha, and built in the 1960s,was considered so splendid that in 2005 they decided to build another one (Vikasa Soudha) right next door. Sadly they got the Vastu Shastra wrong (Feng Shui in ...er, English), so the building apparently remains largely unused. I don't really know if that's true, but the newer building doesn't look very loved or lived in.