South India: Chennai to Pondicherry

Fishing boats on shore

Fishermen at work, and Chennai cityscape

Some of the catch. In the fish markets it was sometimes hard to tell where the goods for sale ended and the strewn trash began.

at Dakshina Chitra

A friendly welcome from the locals :-)

Dad was a bit bummed that the Shore Temple is no longer flooded by the tides.

Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram

at Five Rathas

A lucrative photo op for all involved

Spot the cobra

at Arjuna

It didn

at Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary

Tamil Nadu school bus

Tamil Nadu school bus

More fishermen

We stopped at a roadside stone carving workshop / academy.

More fishing boats

at Auroville, Pondicherry

The Matrimandir. Tacky, but still impressive

I thought this was amusing. &lt;br/&gt; South India has plenty of Christianity, especially further west on the Kerala coast

Puducherry

Who knew that cows liked bananas! Dad saw a local merchant feed the cow, so of course he had to join the fun.

Bananas on the vine

Sleeping on the job

I love you Prof. P.I.Peter!

This actually happens

Street scene

A stroll on the beach before dinner