Early morning nature walk in Periyar Preserve We had to cross a finger of the lake on an impossibly long bamboo raft. At the other end of the raft is a young couple from Austria/Germany with whom we shared the morning.

This is the wild gaur that came to graze morning and night at the youth hostel in Kodaikanal, the cool hill station we spent a few days in. This was taken from a balcony - a safe distance. In the evening we came face to face with him after dark as he had decided to climb the stairs to greener pastures. This is not a "street cow" like the ones that roam the streets here. This is a very large wild animal. Advice of locals: keep your distance, show no fear. It worked.

THE MOST AMAZING TEMPLE SO FAR (Madurai).

Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Gandhi Memorial Museum. Here is one of his quotes. The museum had the cloth in which he was shot and the last pair of glasses he wore. It was very moving.