As last Friday was Indpendence Day here in India, we had off of school. One of the veteran teachers organized a 2-day trip south of Chennai to Gingee Fort and the town of Tiruvannamalai to see its sacred temples.
This is the first of several blog entries on the trip. Today I will focus on the trip down south and reflect on what I saw from my van window.
After what seemed like a long time, we were finally out of the mega city of Chennai. Now, thatched huts were intermixed with more modern ones made ou
t of concrete. Tropical trees contrasted with dry land. Scattered throughout the flat fields were colorfully clad women, bent over to carry out fieldwork. Occasionally I spotted some smaller tractors, including the recognizable colors and logo of John Deere. Combines were busy harvesting, adding to the quiet bustle. Boundaries of the small fields were mounded up, likely to accommodate rainfall. Sharing 
the road with motorized traffic were cows pulling loads of straw, sporting differently colored horns adorned with decorative tips.
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