Weekend in Mahabalipuram

One month in India, in the tropical Chennai and I finally get to the beach! MMMM and in bikinies!

This kind of clean clean and nice nice beach

 

Usually beches around here look like this: this is Marina Beach in Chennai and no one ever wears bikinies there, it would be like headline news if someone did... all Indians swim with their clothes, women go in in their saris and salwars, uff so damn strange. For me this is not enjoying the beach, but they are happy as ever.

Anyhow, so me and Ivette from Mexico went to Mahabalipuram for a weekend of beach and fun and peace and it was sooooo cool. Even we got first things for free in India (and she has been here already 8 months..). I bought an elefant towel/table cloth/sheet from a lady selling on the beach and before she left she gave us as present these lil bracelets saying "Two people wear, two people happy" :)

And here is what Ivette found randomly from the shore. In Mahabalipuram there are underwater temples, that are visible only when the tide is low. Unfortunately we only saw this small fragment of the temples. But that lucky Mexican duck now has it in her home.

This picture below is supposed to represent two things (ok three, but lets not split the hair here). Firstly, it is the elefant sheet that I bought on the beach (200 rupees, about 3,2 eur hahaha and its HUGE). The lady first asked for 400, I said nono we are student I can pay one hundred, so we finally agreed on 200, because Ivette said that she can borrow me 100 more, so I could get it (hahah soooo goood bargaining :D) I'm lil braging, but yes, I am actually very good in bargaining, I usually get half the price off and Ivette said she will keep close to me, because I always get away with these thigns :D 

So and the second thing this picture is supposed to represent is that you can get everything in India in baby size. As you can see the TicTac container can contain like 8 pieces and the shampoo is few handfuls. It is because poor people would be able to afford...no wonder if your wage is 32 eur per month..

These cutiespies cows were hanging around in the Mamallapuram (same place, but most places have more than one name) bus station. And this green but is yes the one we took back to Chennai. Mahapalipuram is 50 km from Chennai, but it takes around 3 hours to get there, lets say there is some trafic :D

And this lil guy is a cutiepie puppy who lives on the street where I work, its chained there and I always when passing by talk and play with it. And I am even happy that it is chained, because it is one of the very few dogs who actually have a home and someone to give food and take care.

Aww he is suuuch a sweet lil rascal! 

Because for most dogs this is the sad reality:

Oh and here is an add from Egmore train station, every day I laugh about it. So after the banishing baldness treatment, you'll walk out with not only new hair, but new glasses, new mustache, straight back AND whiter skin! What a bargain!I'll call now..044 645022...

Lil bit more about the food, this is Kothu Parotha, nom nom, try when you get the chance. And the eating with hands has really grown on me, food tastes differently and especially when its also served on the banana leaf! 

OK, this gravy was kind of unusual :D

And the best food is in ugly places..

... and looks also not very nice.. but the taste was a m a z i n g !

I have said many times that there are monkey's running around on the streets, so here they are: this guy is just checking out the shool's sports's place

These ones are searhing for lunch (sic! the sign!)

And the monkey's are very advanced in opening plastic bags :D

:)

And something very typical, all religions at once :D