From Pondecherry we took a bus to Tranquebar that ended up taking many many hours, first because there was a fatality on the road and traffic backed up, then because the bus passed our town completely and we had to walk back to it. When it did stop we tried to pull our bags down from the luggage rack, but they were stuck...ha ha, finally we wrestled them out with the help of several other riders who weren't very amused. Walking to Tranquebar I saw the smallest baby goat in the world and I'm in love with it. Picture a goat the size of Birdy.In Tranquebar we found our hotel easily, right across from an old Danish fort (I didn't take this picture). Our room didn't have any power so they moved us to a room that did have power, but also had roaches. The hotel people insisted that they were the only restaurant and that they could drive us places...but later we did find other food and apparently cheaper rides. It's the off season and they're pretty hard up.
Tranquebar's beach is covered with the same types of fishing boats we've seen in both Pondecherry and Mamallapuram. It's also covered in children who love to practice their english. Some run after us saying "HI HI HI" others are pushed squirming and squealing towards us by their friends. "Hi how are you hi how are you" "What is your name?" I took a lot of kid photos.
We ate spaghettios for lunch today. Tomorrow another bus riding adventure inland.
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You've forgotten the "Introduction to English: Lesson 1" - "Hello, my name is?!" "How are you? Fine!"
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