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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

India Part 1: Around Chennai

We docked in Chennai, which has come a long way in recent years according to my fellow voyagers who have been there before.  It was hot, dirty, smelly and sweaty as I suspected, but I enjoyed every minute and especially appreciated the incredible food.  Southern India definitely has more to offer than I suspected and it makes me want to go back and explore the North that much more! 

Hindu Temple in Chennai


Auto Rickshaws...our main form of transportation around the city.  A wild ride and a lot of fun if you can actually get the driver to take you where you want to go without stopping at the silk shop where he gets a kickback.

Silk, silk, and more silk.

Dosa (savory south Indian pancakes) lunch served on a banana leaf.

Marci with the greatest dish of all...paper dosa.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

The Sea Olympics

The Sea Olympics are an old SAS tradition where the ships residential areas (Seas) compete in various ridiculous events like crab soccer, lip sync, sycnronized swimming, tug of war, hula hoop, etc.   Everyone sports their team color and it looks like a bowl of rainbow sherbet exploded on the ship.  My team was not so much victorious, but we had a lot of fun!  The Archbishop kicked off the opening ceremonies for us.














Baby Griffin - mascott for the fac/staff team