Tuesday,
April 3 found us in Madras, India or Chennai as it is known today. Overlooking the Bay of Bengal, Chennai was
founded in the early 1600’s for the East India Company. Here you will find the world’s second largest
beach and a warm, year-round climate.
Nearby you
will find Kancheepuram, the “city of 1,000 temples” and one of India’s seven
sacred cities and said to bestow happiness on everyone who visits. Also, not too far away, you can explore very
old granite monuments at the 7th century village of Mahabalipuram, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Chennai was
this year’s departure point for the Overland tour to the Taj Mahal. Approximately 130 very excited passengers
departed for their 5-day tour. Many of
the passengers who stayed to tour Chennai on their own choose to take Rickshaws;
they described the rides as “white knuckle tours”!
Some tours
were late returning so our departure was delayed allowing us some very nice
sites of the setting sun. We now have 3
sea days before arriving in Bombay (Mumbai).
