Saturday, May 26, 2007
The Amazing Race
Photo page has been updated, see Chennai link on the right
Quote of the day
"I will never complain about the gas station restrooms at home again!"
Fun story of the day
While relating a story about how hard he worked bartering for some items with a street vendor, the story teller paused thought a second and then said, "darn I gave him a 100 and forgot to get my change!" All that hard work wasted ....
Today was one of the most fun days we've had so far. My day began riding Mopeds through the streets of Chennai. Ok, I wasn't driving, but I was on the back of one of the mopeds. It was quite an adventure, and it's a great way to see the city. Those of us that were lucky enough to go will appear in an Indian Motorcycle magazine next month.
A look at traffic from inside a 3-wheeler
After the ride we met the bus for some sightseeing and a visit to a bronze museum. Later in the afternoon, Siva took a bunch of us shopping. We began the adventure by renting 3-wheelers for all of us, 2 or 3 to a 3-wheeler and set out. We stopped at several places but, either didn't find what we were looking for, or weren't willing to pay what was being asked for the goods. Time was running out, we had to be back at the hotel by 7:30 to meet with the students from Great Lakes University, we were getting desperate. After another unsuccessful stop someone noticed a street market up the road, just what we were looking for. The group split up and we were off!! Five us set off on a shop til you drop in 40 minutes spree. I don't know how we did it, but we were able to hit several shops, purchase some souvenirs