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Adelaide Holiday

Sorry I just found Kapu chittis post as a draft and republished it.
Some photos of adelaide and the house here.

Trip to Hahndorf, a little German village near here that is preserved exactly as it was 100 years ago and of course is mostly a tourist attraction now

Pal kachifying on the first day

 Our backyard :)

 Sindhu and Rakesh discussing if this tree is a banana or not. Apparently not, its a traveller's palm, an african tree.

 Feeding the Kangaroos

 And the emus

 First night at home we spent playing Xbox

 Messy house boxes all over the place. Its much neater now i promise :DD

 This is how Sindhu and Rakesh settle their arguments :D

 New year's eve on the beach waiting for the fireworks. Unfortunately i dont have good photos f the fireworks

 Trip to Barossa valley, the major wine area here

 Looking up for a better photo:)

 Amma and appa wine tasting

 And buying lots of bottles to take back!

 Happy after all the wine!!!

Beach Holidays Anyone??

As Kapu Chittis post with pictures of Surya and Uthras holiday has been deleted I decided to post some of our pictures. We had a fantastic holiday with amma and appa and since its summer here, its beach time!! :))

We first went to Sydney and then Cairns. And everyone voted hands down for Cairns as the best place of their trip. The coral ref was fantastic and we all tried snorkelling although Prashanth was the only one who managed to go diving.

Harbour bridge in the back ground

Walking over the bridge

Darling harbour and lots of Santas

In Cairns - walking through a rainforest

 Barron Gorge falls a spectacular waterfall in Cairns

 Esplanade in Cairns. As you can see the beach is just muddy water. We needed to travel out for about 1 and 1/2 hours to actually get to the reef

 Posing near the boats

 Sindhu and Rakesh posing for a romantic photograph and Amma doing the preliminaries :))

 Grandfather and grandson on the boat

 Everyone is ready to snorkel!!!

 Blue blue sea

canadians

so the canadians have come and gone with lots of family drama, lots of fun and laughter, and lots of get togethers. it was good meeting and having them and trying to co ordinate this mad , over enthusiastic family .a few snaps of their trip

oor kavalkaran, with ayyanar.

their govt bus experience on the way to pondy. it got crowded as we went along and all used surya as a stand for bags and baggage. 

at the tea kadai stop ,

pondy beach at night 

wayside picnic with the inevitable puliodharai , potatoe ,eggs and curd rice , and a cow thrown in for company 

under the banyan tree with jagadish and haru at auroville 

the assorted group at edanthangal bird sanctuary 

 and lastly the mad dash to tirupathi for the motaii.