More India pics

Elephant in front of the temple in Pondicherry. I didn't realize how close I was to him until I saw the picture.














Indian ladies at the beach by the Gandhi statue, preserving their complexions.














Fancy Catholic church. Even Jesus wears flowers.



















Tree with branches that grow back into the ground at the Auroville center. 

Condo Pics

Per Noor & Sylvie's requests, here are some pics of my new place. It still needs alot of little things before it will be finished, but it's starting to feel like home.

Shiny kitchen - still needs hardware on the cabinets.






Funky entryway.



















Greatroom desperately in need of furniture.














Funny, it seemed like I had plenty of stuff at my place in Ann Arbor. But I still need to get rid of some things.... 

Puppy!

Toby on my pretty hardwood floors.









Looking misleadingly calm.














Not peeing on the floor!

The hallway outside R's grandma's house. The building is almost brand new. I got to pick the winner of the monthly "chick" drawing - women pool money for their own monthly lottery.



















A self portrait in captivity (after 4 days of going nowhere). At this point, I felt like an inmate in the house. Well cared for, but unable to leave.














Rasika and her best friend (at the friend's house) talking on phones. Everyone thought R needed to get a cell phone for her 3-month visit.

A cow in the street. The driver closed the car door just as I took the picture. The cow is tied to a 4 foot leash on a busy street - he can't even turn to get out of the sun.

India: First 5 Days

Me & Rasika, waiting in the lobby of a hotel in Mumbai for our flight to Chennai after about 22 hours of flights & airports. The airport is under construction, so the airline sent us to a five-star hotel for the 5 hour layover.















The view from one of the porches at R's house. I like the blue door.