Trip to India

The Cognizant guys took us sightseeing south of Chennai this afternoon. We went to a small town called Mahabalipuram. Some people describe it as the Atlantis of India as they found that there are several temples underwater just off the coast.

Evidently, during the Tsunami 2 years ago - they discovered several temples off shore. In a Tsunami, the water first draws back into the ocean away from the coast, prior to slamming the coast with the tidal wave. When the water drew back - the temples were visible.

Started this trip with the long flights from Portland to Frankfurt, Germany. Then with a short layover, another long flight from Frankfurt to Chennai, India.

We had a good tailwind so we made good time on both flights; but, it was still 18.5 hours of flying time - let alone the layovers. The airport in Chennai was remarkably still buzzing with lots of activity even after midnight - although based on my limited time in the airport - its not someplace I'd like to be stuck on a long layover for.

Got to the hotel in Chennai at about 1am this morning. Was able to squeeze about 5 hours of sleep in although there seem to be traffic on the road all night and every car must honk their horn for whatever reason.