Luckily, one of the things we did get to do was meet up with one of my former co-workers at a resort on ECR (East Coast Road). While we were there, they arranged a ride for us on a fishing boat. I was so excited; this was one thing I had wanted to do while living in Chennai, but had not been able to arrange! This was the guy who arranged the trip for us:
The fishermen obviously were used to giving rides to foreigners as they provided us with life jackets:
The ride was actually a bit short: we hopped in the boat, rode out over the swells to calmer water, took pictures and returned to the shore. However, since the sun was setting and we were very, very wet (you can read Liz' account of it here) we didn't object. Besides, everyone promised that the next time we returned (if we came earlier in the day), we could take a longer trip.
After we watched the crew push off, we decided to head down to Mahabilipuram to shop for souvenirs and see the town again. (This was on our wish list of things to do!) Liz was able to take a few tourist pictures there as well-who visits India without taking at least one picture of cows on the street?
