Last night in Chennai

Tonight is my last night in the Ginger Hotel in Chennai. The part of Chennai I will miss the most is the juice bars every where. I can get a fresh pineapple juice for about $0.60. It is awesome.

One thing I will not miss is the hot and humid weather. 

Our destination is Delhi, the starting point for our tour of the Golden Triangle. We will go from Delhi to Jaipur to Agra then back to Delhi. It is known as the Golden Triangle.

Agra is home to the Taj Mahal so expect some great pictures.

The 4th of July

We celebrated the 4th with apple pie, Budweiser, and fireworks. A big thanks to Autumn for baking the apple pie. She managed to put together a pie in a hotel room and bake in one of those large toaster/pizza ovens (the kind with the moving belt). It was delicious and there is nothing more American than apple pie.

Fireworks capped off a great day at the beach. Although it wasn't the same as being home, it was still fun to celebrate Independence Day in another country.

Kerala Part 3- Tea Country

Sunday we drove to Tea Country. Apparently tea is grown in the mountains. Along the way we stopped at a waterfall on the side of the road. Since it was monsoon season the waters were pretty intense.   

We also encountered this very creepy guy who kept taking pictures with people in our group.

Kerala Part 2- Fort Kochi

On Saturday we visited Fort Kochin. We bought fresh seafood from the fish mongers and then took it to a shack up the road and they cooked all the food for us.

Posing by the Arabian Sea

Buying Dinner from the Fish Mongers

Waiting for dinner

Pull tab Pepsi

Dinner

The kitchen and the cooks

Fish in a curry sauce

Big shrimp, lobster, and fish...all being grilled

 

Fried Prawns

Fish curry...very spicy

Lobster

Grilled fish

Grilled fish again

Some Indian guy that looked like Bob Marley

Jourdan in his Dhoty with Pramod's Uncle

Fried Prawns

The harbor at night

Kerala Trip Part 1- The Backwaters on a Houseboat

We left for Kerala on Thursday afternoon. It was beautiful.   Friday we rented a house boat and cruised around the backwaters. The crew of the boat cooked us lunch and dinner (all local seafood). It was a very relaxing vacation.

Waiting to board

This guys pants were really high

Cochin International Airport

Our hotel room

This was the fire escape...

It was locked, so luckily there was no fire

The house boat

The fish we  had for lunch

Huge freshwater lobster (I think)

Pramod after his fall..too much Indian beer

There were churches all along the canals

Fish for lunch

The rest of lunch

 

The rope that tried to make me fall in the water. It almost worked but the boat crew guy grabbed me.

Where I would have fallen