Skinny jeans on the horizon

So my trip is winding down.

Today is my last day in Madras before starting the big trek home.

It's been an eventful week in Madras and really nice to relax and not be back packing for a while.

Getting here from Rishekesh was an adventure. After my last post we all got sick again. We had to take a taxi or "tuk tuk" for an hour from Rishekesh to Hardiwar and catch a sleeper train to Delhi. Outside of the trainstation in the parking lot there were about 1000 people asleep on the ground. It may sound like an exageration but it's not. My first thought was that it was a protest of some kind but Justine assured me that's just how train stations are. Eventually we got to Delhi, wasted the day away there, and flew to Madras.

Some highlights:

Mamallapuram is a 7th century temple ruin on the coast of India that was carved out of a single stone. When we were getting ready Justine walks into my room and hands me a bikini because it's on the beach and we might want to sun bathe..... I love India. We went to an incredible seafood place called Moonrakers, and saw Krishna's butter ball. The butter ball is a 1500 year old boulder that is situated on a hit and looks like it should be rolling down the hill. But it hasn't fallen yet. In the 1800's the British tried to knock it down using an Elephant which didn't work. so naturally I tried... It didn't work either but hey.. when in Mamallapuram.

We've spend allot of the week relaxing, eating good food, getting massages, drinking wine. It's been pretty tough. I don't think I can take much more of it ;)

Home in 48 hours!