My first day in India! My first night was technically last night when I landed in Chennai, we went outside and never, ever in my whole life had I seen rain like that. It was a tropical rainstorm! But that's the monsoon season for you!
Anyway, here are a few word pictures that sum up our drive through Madurai: garbage everywhere, intense heat, people with no shoes on, cows wandering the streets, lush forests, the constant smell of burning vegetation, absolutely NO traffic laws, crazy drivers, if India had a national sound it would be a car horn, street vendors selling fresh fruits, and people everywhere.
The bus ride up into the palani hills was by far one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. The hills were so steep and every time I looked down I felt nauseous. I ended up having to close my eyes for nearly the entire ride. Not to mention there was no guard rail, just a shallow concrete bock.. AND drivers were zipping up and down the road!
Needless to say our driver delivered us safely up to the top of the mountain, 7000 feet above sea level!
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