Mamallapuram

On our way to Pondicherry were amazing temples and structures, especially at Mamallapuram.

                      The five Rathas; a complex with very detailed carvings of the gods

                                   Marc violating the sacred animal of India

                                          The Shore Temple

                                           A whole side of a mountain had carvings such as these. Goats and cows are everywhere...

                                                                beeeee?

 

some magnificent temples 

                                           a crowd of Indians

 

pretty impressive that the rock doesn't fall right? It illustrates the high technology of the time, when they still needed to chuck big rocks at enemies.

Crocodile farm

Marc and I went to see the crocs and the snakes. I thought it was worth putting a couple of pictures of them.

Another glance at Chennai

Chennai was a gorgeous place ultimately. Marc and I visited enough temples to convert to Hinduism now. 

                                                        Chennai traffic...

                                           A Gopuram, at the entrance of every temple as in Dravidian architecture.

 

The beach

A glance at Chennai

Marc and I still have a lot more pictures to post, but I will only post a couple for the moment. We are going to Pondicherry tomorrow morning, passing by the famous Mamallapuram.

Here are only a couple:

St Mary's church in Egmore, where the English settlement was first built.

Marina beach, 12 km.

Notice the "East India Company" on the coin.

Don't laugh! We actually confused me for an Indian at dinner. 

Krabi

Guys, here are some pictures of our kayaking on the islands near Krabi.
Fyi this is close to the location where James Bond's The Man with the Golden Gun was shot for Scaramanga's island at the end of the movie.

Kayaking next to the houses outside of Krabi

Marc 'kayaking'

Kev and Claire

We kayaked into a couple of caves, some with very old markings in them.

Some dude drew a man on the ceiling of a cave, some very long time ago...

Monkey Attack!

Monkey captured Tamara's water bottle. Actually, others distracted us while this one could creep onto a tree and get the water bottle. Too bad he couldn't open it...

We went camping for 3 days. We had some fancy tents that we could use for saunas during the day.

Mr Green caught a huge gellyfish, that we all patted.

Chennai, India

Pictures will be posted tomorrow.
We just arrived in Chennai, and were greeted by perhaps 500 Indians outside of the small airport. Can't wait for Indian curry. :)

Krabi

Sry no pictures yet.
Marc and I spent 3 days camping on the islands near Krabi, Thailand. We did a lot of kayaking, snorkeling, swimming and beach-soccer. It was an awesome 3 days, especially thanks to the local guides and their ice tea on the rocks (inside joke).
We are now leaving the group (taking 3 girls with us) and going to a nearby city whe there will be a massive party tonight called Black Moon.
India very soon. :)