Today's objectives were not only in opposite directions but opposite in subject matter. First stop was Cuddalore to find an abandoned...

You could say that Pondicherry (Pouducherry) is the New Orleans of India. It has a French quarter and the French controlled it until 1954...

That's a name that rolls right off a western tongue -- NOT -- But I think I finally got it. this is a town between Chennai and my...

Today I had two objectives. Back to Mylapore to visit the temple while it was open and the Chennai lighthouse/Marina beach. When I...

Today was about seeing some old Christian churches here before going to work. However, I had some post cards, I wanted to mail first. The...

It was another early start to catch a plane back to Chennai. I was up early as usual when I have to fly because I stress over being late....

Today Prasad is taking me to Mattancherry where there is a palace and a Jewish synagogue that has been in operation for 400 years. It's...

I was awake early again today. Just can't break that in me I guess. I had a walk down to the waterfront where I saw the fish mongers with...

Today was travel from Allepy to Ft Kochi which is 64 k or about 46 miles. Travel time is about 90 minutes and we will be on a freeway! ...

Most people who come to Allepy plan to go on a house boat. While that looked nice, I was more interested in having a more down to earth,...

Today was a travel day to get from Kumily to Allepy, which is about 57k but a four hour drive. The only break in the drive was a stop for...

I had a plan in my head for today, but I was not sure I would be able to execute on it because I had not actually made plans. Before...

I had three walks today. First one was early morning around the compound and the town while it was still mostly asleep. That is when the...

Trying to beat the cyclone out of Chennai, I decided to go to Kerala this week instead of later as planned. I didn't sleep well knowing...

Saturday, I planned to sleep on and have a lazy morning. However, I awoke at 6:30, so had a walk before it got hot and then returned to...

After a week, I think I have adapted to second shift. When I wake up early, I go for a two mile walk around the pleasant streets here....

The heavy rains left lots of water on the roads, so my morning walk yesterday was limited. They are telling me that the flooding is much...

This morning, I awoke at 4:30 and could not get back to sleep. Probably too much caffeine last night in order to stay up for calls! As...

if any of you were worried, nothing has happened to me. I just have been fighting a head cold that flared up since I got here. I guess...

Since I don't have to go to work until about 8 pm tonight in order to overlap with my colleagues in the US, I took the opportunity to...