Photo from India part 02 of 02

Went to buy Sari with the Bridegroom's sister in law, when we came out of the shop, it was already evening, the street was filled with people. The distance between the people and the moving vehicles are intimately close.

Indian drivers are mad, they honk every 5 minutes, and they don't like to stop for you. Pedestrians aren't any better either, they don't care if the vehicles are coming or not, they walk their way, and won't give ways.

This is a view outside the hotel in Chedambaram. It was less than 100m from the temple of dancing god. This is the road leading to the temple. This is a typical morning on the street. You may be able to see cows pulling the wheels in the photo.

This is a typical wedding meal. This is the first course. There are usually five courses. First one is usually some roti, in this case, a fine grade chiapati. Followed by rice with sambah, then rice with assam, rice with yogurt and some sweet oats. They have sweets before and after the meal. The crackers are supplied throughout the meal. All the other smaller portions on the banana leaves will be served throughout as well.

Indians eat very fast, while we were struggling to finish the first dish, they already served second round, and all the Indians are ready for second round. They all can finish 5 rounds, and I have to skip after the 2nd round.

This was the first Indian meal served after I landed, in the bridegroom's house. The bridegroom's mother made very delicious food. That includes the meal and snacks.

This is the second temple that was visited while in Thanjavur. It was closed to the dusk. This is the silhouette of the magnificent temple. Pardon my camera skill.

This is the entrace of the temple. I didn't take much photos here, cause there isn't much lights, and camera flash made it look odd.

This is how the Indian labour draw the lines on the highway. This is considered the best road in the whole of India I guess. Most of the roads are so bad in condition, you can't drive faster than 50 km/h.

Noticed the crooked lines on the left? There are lots of crooked highway lines..... just managed to snap this one, as the driver was driving really fast... and close to the other cars too.... damn scary.

Some weird menu -- Dragon Chicken, Devil Chicken, Chicken Fry (American / Hydrabad) and Chicken 65 (Chukka / Pepper Fry).

Oh, another photo of the wedding stage decor. This is on the first day, which is less formal. But I prefer this one... All the flowers are real, and all chained up by hands! Amazing how much effort people put in decorating this.

One thing I noticed in India, people like fresh flowers, and majority of the people are vegetarian. I only seen one shop that sells meat, which was in Chennai.

This reminded me so much of Prince of Persia... It is taken in the temple that I couldn't go in due to missing the last entrance time.

More Prince of Persia?

This is in Pondicherry, it was some French settlement last time, cause the road names were all "Rue de XXX". It is ironic to find a large difference just across the street. The French settlement area has huge roads, big buildings, less crowd, less noisy. One street away, you can hear all the huzzle buzzle of the town.

This is how organised the French were, even the map look so square...

That's all... hope you like these updates. I am sorry it took so long...