Marina Beach

On our last day in Chennai, we made a quick trip to Marina Beach. Marina Beach is the world’s second longest beach at 13km long. Its also an extremely wide beach, with an average width of 300m. The beach has a nice paved walkway at the top for joggers or those who are just interested…

Family Visits

In the 5 days we were in Bangalore and Chennai we saw: 4 aunts, 3 uncles, 3 cousins, 3 cousin-in-laws, 4 second cousins, and 1 old friend and his family Quite an ambitious schedule for our first week in India. It may explain my son’s behavior. In the process we had the opportunity to catch…

Our (Mostly) Finalized Agenda

As the days tick down to our trip, we have finally managed to coordinate everyone’s schedule, attempted to accommodate everyone’s desires, and finalize most of our itinerary. As it turns out we will be in India for Ganesh Chaturthi, the festival celebrating the birthday of Ganesh. During that week, different neighborhoods set up clay or…