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Phil's Mondo India Slide Show
Sights of Mahabalipuram
After a couple of days in Madras, I began the last leg of my stay in India with a taxi ride
throughout the Tamil Nadu state. My first stop was Mahabalipuram, a European hangout
and beach resort. The town is not too big, not too small, a great place to just hang out,
which apparently a lot of westerners do. It is almost as if the westerners outnumber the
locals here.
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Near the famous rock outcroppings and sculptures near the shoe is this 'teetering rock' which seems to defy gravity.
The little speck to the right of the rock is a goat. Many centuries ago, the local Maharaj tried a 13 elephant train to
move the rock, to no avail.
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This woman's name is Rani and she is a worker at the local museum here. She wins the award for the whitest teeth in all
of India. I promised to send he this picture, and so I did. She wrote back to me thanking me for the picture and asking for
money. If I was sure it would actually get to her, I would send her a few bucks, but the Indian post office is a notorious den
of thieves.
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If you're interested in other pictures
and accounts of Mahabalipuram, check out
Jennifer's India Travel Diary.
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