When walking around Chennai we noticed these chalk drawings in front of houses, most were fairly simple but some were more intricate and even coloured. I asked at the yoga manadrim and these were not chalk at all but rice flour. They are called kolams and are are drawn at dawn in front of your… Read More Kolams in Chennai

Unfortunately it was a strict no photos allowed policy so I only have pictures of the outside. Ahh yoga in India – you’ll be tying yourself into pretzels in no time! Well, not really. The point of this six day course was to explore the beliefs of yoga, to understand why we practice, and to… Read More Chennai Yoga

Road rules in India don’t really apply like they do in other countries. Everyone is weaving in and out wherever they can and things are coming from all angles. To drive here you need to be super aware of everything around you – especially that auto (tuk tuk) that’s about to overtake you on the… Read More Indian Traffic

Appy fizz (an apple flavoured fizzy drink). Small oddly shaped mystery lollies. Banana chips. There is good food here too, but the people here put tomato sauce and/or spices with everything, like the abundance of pepper on this fried rice (?). Here is a brownie to make you hungry! Yesterday we found many questionable things… Read More Weird food in India (Maybe it’s also in Australia) (By Z)

1 – Emergency hat purchases when the kids forget theirs. Not what they would have chosen – and certainly they’d avoid getting the same one at home but choice was limited. I don’t expect these to make it back home. 2 – The lack of Coke in this country is ridiculous! Even if the fridge… Read More Random things (probably part 1)

We got the dresses for the wedding, now time for the bangles! But where to go? We went to the department store (Pothys – it has EVERYTHING) and there was so much choice! Luckily the friendly women there helped! 😊 They got many bangles of different colours and thicknesses, silver and a mid blue were… Read More Bangles shopping! ✨(By I)

Every place has its quirks, and India is no exception. In this post we will share some of the weird things we have found in India and our personal opinions on them! Which one do you think was the weirdest, or did it seem normal to you? Let us know in the comment section! Every… Read More Weird things we have found! (By I)

Welcome to Chennai! We got to our accommodation gratefully knowing that we got here many hours earlier than planned. I & Z got the two single beds and M & N took the double beds. While N did her yoga classes, we had time to do dress shopping for the wedding in Udaipur. M and… Read More Dress shopping for wedding!🥻 (By I)

It was another long drive to the hills, and we stopped at a few places to break it up. We got to the two-bedroom accommodation, and found a few monkeys 🐒! There are banana chips 🍌🍟 everywhere, and we couldn’t resist buying some! See the picture below, demonstrating how they are made 😋. There was… Read More Kumily (by Z)