20th november For Michelle’s birthday we got up at the crack of dawn for a very special treat. We were going to wash elephants. At an elephant orphanage on the way to Munnar, which is where we were headed. Every morning at 8.00am the five or so elephants come down the muddy path to the [...]
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Heffalumps and Birthdays
Posted in Gap year, India, Solo travel, Travel, Woman Travelling alone, tagged "elephant bath", "orphan elephant", "tea plantation", "wash an elephant", "waterfalls", elephant, elephants, Gap year, India, Kerala, Munnar, Planatation on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Elephants and Other Animals
Posted in Gap year, India, Solo travel, Travel, Woman Travelling alone, tagged backpack, backpacking, Bombay, elephant, elephants, Gap year, Goa, India, jellyfish, Mumbai, Planatation on October 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
After four days in Anjuna, I was itching to get back on the road again. Not just because despite taking my vitamin B1 religiously, smothering myself in 50% deet every evening and lighting enough mosquito coils to stop malaria in its tracks, I am still getting bitten. Especially my feet, the irritating red bumps clashing [...]



