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The sounds here are intoxicating. Downstairs (or down the hall, I can’t tell) I can hear the sounds of drums and flutes playing vibrantly, and the murmur of many people’s voices. Occasionally, I’ll hear a car horn from outside going, wee-o-wee-o-wee-o. And then a bird cooing in the distance. And people shouting to each other from across the courtyard down on the bottom level of the apartment complex. The ...
Traveling from the U.S. to India or any other destination on the other side of the planet always gives us extreme jet lag for 3 to 5 days. Now that we've traveled enough to know better, we try to stay in and take it easy for the first 3 to 5 days of our trip. In this video, John was AWAKE at 3:00 AM so he took a video of the sounds in Chennai, India. ...
It can be tempting to turn on something familiar when we travel, but the offerings on TV are often pretty illuminating in terms of the culture. Soap operas even have some slight variations from culture-to-culture, though they're always kind of gushy, all across the world. This video shows a quick clip of an Indian soap opera that we watched during dinner in Chennai, India. ...
There were all kinds of classes that took place in the parking lot under our building in Chennai, India. In this video, three little girls work diligently on a traditional Indian dance in their barefeet in a parking spot. It's thought-provoking to see people use the space they've been given to do amazing things. ...
It always amazes us how different the food is when we travel. U.S. mangos are not even similar to the mangos in Nepal, for example. They look the same, but they taste completely different. In this video, John talks about the way the garlic smells and tastes there. ...
In this video, John captures some of the chaos from the front of an intracity bus in Chennai, India.
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The traffic in Chennai, India was better than in Delhi, but still crazy. John was lucky enough to get to sit at the front of the bus next to the driver on our way back home after visiting the Kapaleeswarar Temple.
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John got seated at the front of the bus next to the driver on way back to our vacation rental in Chennai, India. We don't know why he got this "special treatment"...maybe because earlier he accidently sat on the wrong side of the bus on our way to Kapaleeswarar Temple.
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These random street drummers in Chennai seemed to be enjoying what they were doing. It looked like they were probably there for a special event, but we couldn't tell for sure.
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