And he crawls!

It is amazing to see a newly mobile baby. Look at the energy he puts into it.


In the bathtub:



And one more:

Anantagiri Waterfall

Anantagiri waterfall is a pretty good local tourism thingie. It doesn't seem to be pushed very actively by the tourism folks-that-be and guidebooks, but is a hidden gem. The waterfall itself is quite high and good viewing, one of the higher I've seen. The route to get there is quite an interesting mishmash. The last part of the drive is by a pretty bad mud road of a few kilometers and if you're energetic, its perfect to do it by walk instead, it makes the overall hike a good effort. At the end of the road, there's a steep flight of stairs in order to cross a rail track. Then down on the other side, and about a kilometer through brush to reach the base of the waterfall. Finally a badly maintained final stretch of steep climb alongside the waterfall to get to as high as you dare. Good fun !

Of course the bigger tourist attraction in the area is Borra caves, a really nice limestone formation. Its heavily promoted and a must do on the Araku circuit but well worth it. We didn't take any photos, but there are probably lots on the net if you're interested.

On the way back there were local markets with fresh produce. We bought a huge mound of seethaphal and spring onions. The spring onions was a funny thing, in most places in India it would be considered a bit exotic and used for curiosity value more than anything else, but here it seems a mainstream vegetable because it grows well, and the 'common man' was buying and carrying around spring onions.

Trip to Araku area while at Vizag

Priya, I and kid went to the Araku valley area for a two-day trip. Pretty good.

We stayed at a 'eco-resort' called Tyda Jungle Bells. Not particularly 'eco', but it was built within the jungle sort-of, and generally rustic and pretty nice.











The local Dhimsa dance

Funny

I saw this at an aquarium (ie. a zoo-type aquarium, where they have displays of different types of fishes). I found the unintentional humor hilarious,

And in Vizag

On board a submarine ! With cousin Ramana and daughter Mohita. Can you see the propellor in the background of one of the snaps.







And everybody gets their turn..

Cross-dressing ..Grandmommy loves to dress him up



Who's got more hair ?



The 'V' sign behind the head is all the rage at a particular age...



And now in Vizag, with grandfather at a beach park.

Finally updates start again. Will do the excuses later, hopefully start getting a few photos up every day. These are from a couple of months back.





In his pram (which currently has a wheel off). Chinese product by the way. Another example of China getting into Indian markets in a big way



And in his "Bjorn". Came as a gift from namesake/godfather. Not a sign of Swedish companies invading Indian markets in a big way :-)




The bathed baby. Photos are a significant distortion of the actual state of affairs in terms of my invovlement in giving him a bath or cleaning him.