Great to see posts from Pastor Mike with photos from northern India, and hear that the group arrived home safely yesterday. Seeing Mike's photos from Chennai (from the previous week) reminded me of a few more....
After we arrived early Saturday morning (1/26), we had the day to wait for the rest of the group to arrive at 1am Sunday. So Rajesh and I took an autorickshaw into town -- that's when I was able to get online and
post from Chennai. In the afternoon, though, Dad went through all of his digital photos and Ragesh helped him identify the people in each of them. They also compiled a list of pastors from each congregation we visited.
The refreshment stand at St. Thomas Mount sold "Diet" bottled water. We all had a good chuckle over that one. Maybe that's why I lost so much weight? ;)
We stayed at the Guest House at St. Thomas Mount, located about halfway up the hill. This is the view from the Guest House, looking down the single road that winds up the hill. In the mist beyond those trees is the flight approach to the international airport, so you could stand here at an altitude of about 200' and watch planes approach the runway at 150' a few miles away.
And turning the other way, this is the view looking uphill from the Guest House. There are statues everywhere, donated by groups to commemorate visits by VIPs like the Pope.
Further down the hill, I found this lone statue overlooking the city.
I think this was when we were all loading up to head to Evans Beach. The plan was to head directly to the train station after the beach, so this was goodbye to the Guest House.
After our disasterous collective travel experience, it seemed like it was in everyone's best interests to get new nicknames. This is "Bagless Bob" getting ready for sleep on our overnight train to Guntur -- proud owner of the only nickname that stuck.
A tired "Broken Mike" Weaver next to his sleeper compartment -- no, that name didn't stick.
Look at Aaron's eyes here and then take my pop quiz: does Aaron look a) well-rested, or b) like a guy who was on a plane from Thursday night through Saturday 1pm, then stayed up a most of the day Saturday only to wait with me at the Chennai airport all night Saturday night, then take on a jam-packed schedule all day Sunday?
After we arrived early Saturday morning (1/26), we had the day to wait for the rest of the group to arrive at 1am Sunday. So Rajesh and I took an autorickshaw into town -- that's when I was able to get online and post from Chennai. In the afternoon, though, Dad went through all of his digital photos and Ragesh helped him identify the people in each of them. They also compiled a list of pastors from each congregation we visited.
The refreshment stand at St. Thomas Mount sold "Diet" bottled water. We all had a good chuckle over that one. Maybe that's why I lost so much weight? ;)
We stayed at the Guest House at St. Thomas Mount, located about halfway up the hill. This is the view from the Guest House, looking down the single road that winds up the hill. In the mist beyond those trees is the flight approach to the international airport, so you could stand here at an altitude of about 200' and watch planes approach the runway at 150' a few miles away.
And turning the other way, this is the view looking uphill from the Guest House. There are statues everywhere, donated by groups to commemorate visits by VIPs like the Pope.
Further down the hill, I found this lone statue overlooking the city.
I think this was when we were all loading up to head to Evans Beach. The plan was to head directly to the train station after the beach, so this was goodbye to the Guest House.
After our disasterous collective travel experience, it seemed like it was in everyone's best interests to get new nicknames. This is "Bagless Bob" getting ready for sleep on our overnight train to Guntur -- proud owner of the only nickname that stuck.
A tired "Broken Mike" Weaver next to his sleeper compartment -- no, that name didn't stick.
Look at Aaron's eyes here and then take my pop quiz: does Aaron look a) well-rested, or b) like a guy who was on a plane from Thursday night through Saturday 1pm, then stayed up a most of the day Saturday only to wait with me at the Chennai airport all night Saturday night, then take on a jam-packed schedule all day Sunday?
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