10:35pm
Today has been the most eventful day here in Chennai. I started the day off with another early morning workout, 2 hours of yoga, then spicy breakfast. Around 10am, we hopped in a van taxi and went to a school for music and dance (I can't remember the name now). We peeked into the open-air dance classrooms as local students and students form around the world were learning traditional South Indian dances.
From the school, Neil took us across the street to a local craft market where there were tons of booths filled with handmade goods. The intricate detail and creativity involved in some of the crafts was pretty mind-blowing. If I had unlimited money and room in my suitcases, I would have bought a couple of the 3-D paintings I saw.
From there we went to the Theosophical Society. This place really sparked my interest. I don't know a lot of details about the Theosophical Society, but from what I understand, it was set up over 100 years ago as a sort of international coalition to promote peace and acceptance between all religions. I took a lot of pictures here, some of which are shown below. One of my favorite parts of this place was the quote, "There is no religion higher than truth." I feel like some people may misconstrue this quote to be almost atheistic, but it is actually far from that. Strict religion has caused problems for thousands of years and will continue to do so. Faith, however, does not start wars, riots, violence, etc. I could go on and on about this issue but that's not what I made this blog for.
We ate lunch down the road at a vegetarian restaurant that had surprisingly good french fries. I'm going to try to stay away from the American-style foods from here on out. Once we were nice and worn out from our time walking around in the heat, we had three hours of international business class. Despite my interest in the subject, it was beyond difficult to stay awake.
We just returned from eating dinner a couple of kilometers away from the residence because we forgot to pre-order our dinner here. That didn't bother me though because we had an excellent meal and got to go out into the more populated area of the city. Poes Garden is a kind of secluded area of the city that is home to only some of the most privileged and wealthy residents of Chennai.
Now I'm going to bed exhausted again and ready for some solid hours of sleep. Again, here's some pictures. The quality might be a little better now that I'm using Madeline's digital camera instead of my phone:
Today has been the most eventful day here in Chennai. I started the day off with another early morning workout, 2 hours of yoga, then spicy breakfast. Around 10am, we hopped in a van taxi and went to a school for music and dance (I can't remember the name now). We peeked into the open-air dance classrooms as local students and students form around the world were learning traditional South Indian dances.
From the school, Neil took us across the street to a local craft market where there were tons of booths filled with handmade goods. The intricate detail and creativity involved in some of the crafts was pretty mind-blowing. If I had unlimited money and room in my suitcases, I would have bought a couple of the 3-D paintings I saw.
From there we went to the Theosophical Society. This place really sparked my interest. I don't know a lot of details about the Theosophical Society, but from what I understand, it was set up over 100 years ago as a sort of international coalition to promote peace and acceptance between all religions. I took a lot of pictures here, some of which are shown below. One of my favorite parts of this place was the quote, "There is no religion higher than truth." I feel like some people may misconstrue this quote to be almost atheistic, but it is actually far from that. Strict religion has caused problems for thousands of years and will continue to do so. Faith, however, does not start wars, riots, violence, etc. I could go on and on about this issue but that's not what I made this blog for.
We ate lunch down the road at a vegetarian restaurant that had surprisingly good french fries. I'm going to try to stay away from the American-style foods from here on out. Once we were nice and worn out from our time walking around in the heat, we had three hours of international business class. Despite my interest in the subject, it was beyond difficult to stay awake.
We just returned from eating dinner a couple of kilometers away from the residence because we forgot to pre-order our dinner here. That didn't bother me though because we had an excellent meal and got to go out into the more populated area of the city. Poes Garden is a kind of secluded area of the city that is home to only some of the most privileged and wealthy residents of Chennai.
Now I'm going to bed exhausted again and ready for some solid hours of sleep. Again, here's some pictures. The quality might be a little better now that I'm using Madeline's digital camera instead of my phone:
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