Day 22 Mamallapuram 3 May Off at 8.30 on a cycle tour! Cycles are quite new but 1930's "sit up and beg" style and not good for my cool image. Saddles are of the same type we had earlier in the tour and gave me a serious case of saddle soreness! So I am adjusting my posterior to make sure the same thing doesn't happen again. I dread to think what I must look like as we wobble off down the road like a group of ugly ducklings following mum for their f...

Day 21 Mamallapuram south of chennai 2 May Overnight train from Mysore to Chennai gets us in at 7.30 on schedule. We spend an interesting evening talking to an Indian newly wed couple from Chennai. They are intelligent and interesting people and clearly well off with the best designer luggage labels. They have been in the mountains enjoying a 4 day honeymoon. They share the story of their wedding and the 7 day celebration that leads to the big day. He is 30...