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2005_0920_040 Flying out of Colombo on Jet Airways |
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2005_0920_043 Island off of the coast of Sri Lanka |
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2005_0920_044 Meals on the plane are categorized by Veg or Non-Veg. Here is the Non-Veg. |
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2005_0920_046 After arriving in Chennai, formerlly Madras until 1997, I found a driver at the airport to take me around for 4 hours (min length) |
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2005_0920_047 Heading out of the airport. I had a 3 hour layover and only 2 hours to look around so decision time: beach or city? |
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2005_0920_048 Does this ox have hind legs? Yo, you're going the wrong way but drivers just swerve past, honk and let him casually stroll by. |
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2005_0920_049 Traffic here in Chennai is horrendous, probably the worst I've seen anywhere in hte World! |
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2005_0920_050 A bus whizzes by. Trucks, buses, cars, rickshaws, motorcycles, mopeds, bikes, men pulling carts on their shoulders, pedestrians and cows all share the road! |
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2005_0920_051 Right of way is given to whoever is larger or can squeeze through. |
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2005_0920_052 Boy calmly observes the traffic craziness |
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2005_0920_053 Hard to sit facing forward in a sari so most women sit sideways, grab on and hope they don't fall off! |
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2005_0920_055 Man loitering outside of a store |
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2005_0920_058 It was a little closer to go to the Beach so I directed my driver to take me to Marina Beach |
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2005_0920_059 Many statues line the beach area and depict Tamil scholars and notable former government officials |
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2005_0920_060 Traffic was bad so it took an hour to get here |
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2005_0920_061 Gateway to some monuments |
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2005_0920_062 After getting to Marina Beach, I had 5 minutes to walk around |
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2005_0920_064 Marina Beach is the 2nd longest in the World with 13km of sandy beachfront |