Yesterday was my first taste of India, and boy did I have a taste of it. Dr Antony put us up in his hotel and introduced us to his chef who prepared a vast array of food for us all. Delicious! We were greated at the hotel with garlands and were made a real fuss of!
Today saw the GSE teams from UK and USA being introduced to the Rotary group at the swish Cosmopolitan club. Here we were all welcomed and introduced to our first hosts. Rotarian Sriram gave a really amusing presentation around the history of Chennai, which I later learned may have been embellished with a few half-truths!
My hosts, Sivagami and Ram have been looking after me with some vegetarian chickpea and cheese style dishes. All the food has been really tasty, so much so that my top trouser button flew off with excitement!
Kasturi and Lakshmi, the hosts teenage daughters, have been showing me all of the family photos and their love for fancy dress. The whole family are an absolute delight and are looking after me. I’ve had a lot of laughs this evening and everyone has been really friendly and eager to tell me about the India way of life and to hear of how it compares to life back at home.
Tomorrow I am getting up at 4am to go to a ceremony involving a cow and calf walking through a house – which I’m sure will be interesting! This will be followed by the national parade at 6am, so with that in mind I’ll be off to bed!
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