(1) The lovely home of my hostess, who is also the manager of the office at which I'm working. She lives, along with her husband and mother, on the second floor. You're seeing their veranda above the cars. My bedroom is basically at the top of the stairs.
(2) A Methodist church at the corner of their street. It has both English and Tamil services on Sunday mornings. Though under 3% of the people of India are Christians, in the southern states it can be as high as 10 to 20%, and they are not shy about their faith! They are burdened for those who don't yet believe in Christ.
(3) The next corner, where a number of auto ricksaws eagerly await customers. As usual, this foreign woman--who might not know enough to avoid paying top dollar, if she would only ride--will disappoint them by walking by.
(4) A street ironer. Do you see the huge iron at his right? Who needs electricity? He'll fill it with hot coals, and do a very nice job on the clothes people bring him.
(5) All kinds of purchases can be made right along the way.
(6) Don't expect to see large equipment doing the jobs that people can do. The labor force is plentiful and cheap.
(7) A Hindu temple, right along the street. No, they aren't just for show. The faith of their ancestors is very important to the Indians.
(8) At this point, we've crossed the one major street, no doubt relying on the timing of Indians who were also waiting to cross. I haven't checked out either the bookstore or Internet cafe, but at least they're available.
(9) About 10 minutes after we took off, we're here. Though you can't see it in this picture, someone is probably waiting to open the door and the receptionist will have some gracious words or witty quip as she stands to greet us. Ready for another day of trying to tame those computers.
Thanks for coming along.
(9) About 10 minutes after we took off, we're here. Though you can't see it in this picture, someone is probably waiting to open the door and the receptionist will have some gracious words or witty quip as she stands to greet us. Ready for another day of trying to tame those computers.Thanks for coming along.
3 comments:
Neat. Thanks for the pics.
No matter what the country, there's always someone who is willing to "ham it up".(2 street workers):)
Is that trash in the street in front of the book store? Do they have regular garbage pick-up in Chennai?
Yes, the street workers didn't seem to mind having their picture taken. The guy on the right didn't seem to be doing much anyway, but the other one really was working away. I think he may have slowed down his swing, so I could get a better picture.
Yes, it's trash, and I had forgotten to mention it because I have gotten used to it already. That's a very common sight. I'm sure they do have trash pick-up, but I don't know anything about a schedule yet, and I don't know if the stuff just thrown along the side of the road gets swept up at regular intervals. I'll have to do some research.
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