our first day in India

My first day in India!

So, today we arrived in Chennai, India at 1 am. We waited in the airport for several hours due to lost baggage, and then made our way out to find a taxi. It was one of the scariest rides I've ever had. There seem to be no traffic laws here and everyone runs red lights. Of course my taxi got a flat tire and the driver left us all inside, so Shawn jumped out to make sure nobody was going to run off with our stuff in the trunk. Then we all got out and Matt, Shawn, and the drive changed the tire as cars and trucks with strange loads zoomed by. After that experience our driver got lost and around 5am we are stopping to ask every Indian we can find for directions, but we made it.

Later in the day after a short nap, and a much needed and wanted shower, we enjoyed breakfast (toast wrapped in egg) and headed out for a peek at India. We walked the streets for a while. The sites were nice but the smell was not so nice. There were so many shops and so many people out, and the children loved us. They stopped and wanted their picture taken and everyone wanted to meet us. In the afternoon we went to the beach. It was beautiful and the weather was great. We played there and meet some new friends from the near by University. Everyone is so nice here!

Tonight my group catches the train (12hours). Until we get to our next destination; Happy New Years!!!
~Nicole