Monday August 10th. Today was the same as any other apart from the fact that I hadn’t slept since Thursday night. Arriving home at 8am I didn’t have long to get ready for work. Work was at first slow while we waited and waited for the editor. After a while we realized that the editor…
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Sunday August 9 Today we got up early and made the most of having a hot shower. Then we went to Café Day for some breakfast. After this it was time to head to Fort Kochi to see the market and then we went to Mattancherry to see the old Dutch architecture. It was really…
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8th August 2009 Arriving in Kerala we separated into two autos and made our way to the port. Unfortunately the autos got us lost. We were split in two groups. Our group hopped on a boat to fort cochi (costing 600rps) and then too an auto around the island only to be told that our…
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August 7th 2009 Today I was lucky enough to have the day off. In the morning I headed off early to explore the city by myself. First stop was Commercial Street which I heard was pretty good. It may have been good but other than finding some overly priced t-shirts I didn’t have much interest…
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6th August 2009 Today was a slow day at the office. Kavita (the editor) was running all over the place and really busy so it was after 3pm before me and John (the other intern) got our stories. Due to the recent swine flu death I was to write about swine flu and had a…
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August 5th Day 3 in the paper and was not very exciting. I asked for an article but was given the “but you don’t know the city response” so I just had to work on what I did know which was swine flu. Obviously this was relevant given the first death in the country. After…
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August 4th Today was another early start and to be honest I was none too enthusiastic about going to work after yesterday. However I was in for a pleasant surprise. The walk there was long and I was only told half way there that I would have to walk home alone – yea that was…
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August 3rd This day started off great we were all up early showered (if that’s what you call it) and ready to meet our coordinator Asha. We were brought to Asha’s house which was nothing short of beautiful with statues and paintings it was definitely not your typical Indian home. We got to know each…
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Arriving in Bangalore airport was a daunting experience for a lone traveler. Added to this was the fact that all passengers were scanned for swine flu. I kept my fingers crossed and thankfully the thermometer never beeped and I was cleared to go. Then I declared my customs and got my baggage. Heading out it…
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