We are famous!!!! Well, in Tamil Nadu :)

Way back in Munnar (we don't remember if we told you) we were interviewed for the Malayalam Manorama newspaper. They told us it would be in the paper in a couple of days and we bought the paper for 3 days and didn't see it. However, the guy said he would post a copy home, so hopefully it will make it back to the UK. In Kodai we were also approached for an interview, this time for a Tamil paper and for the Sun News cable station (woohoo, on the telly! :). We arrived all kitted out, with bikes, at our favorite internet cafe (somehow they were the connection) and did the interviews. The owner of the internet cafe did the translation for the reporter (he only spoke Tamil) and he had some funny questions - when we left the UK did we get a big send-off? Um, no...just family. Then the guy asked "no VIPs? no ceremony?" I think he doesn't get that we are just on a big holiday :) They asked the basic info - where we are from, occupation, how long have we been travelling, where are we going, how long will we stay, etc. and thenm what were our likes and dislikes about the trip so far. We of course told them of the manical drivers :) and A mentioned that we get accosted by beggars a lot and that public urination by men anywhere and everywhere they please was a bit of a turnoff (they mentioned the former but, sadly, not the latter in the article :) It took a turn in the video part of the interview when they wanted us to say who we were, what we thought of Kodai, the purpose of the trip and, most importantly (it seemed to us anyway) please make it clear that it's not a problem for 2 women to travel like we are doing. We did all of that :) but I didn't mention that you had to be a multi-linguist and a good navigator to get around this country - if there is good signage (rare) then it's probably not in a language you can read :)

We have the Tamil paper and we spent an evening watching Sun News at the time they told us we would be on, but we weren't. Still, the iNet cafe guy said he would send the video, so we are hopeful (we will post it if we get it :).

Here are the photos from the paper and the paper itself:






Our reporter


And the translator (the iNet cafe owner)


Also...Carl and Kate's photos of their time with us can be found here (some great shots!)
http://www.carl-thomas.net/travel/india/index.htm


More photos soon! The videos are not going to make it...they take way too long to load...maybe they are too big. I will try to find a solution - the dance is amazing, as are the crocs :)