Catching up

Went into Chennai today to see a doctor about getting more malaria pills...my doctor only prescribed 30 pills despite the fact that I told him I am going for two months. Worst doctor ever. This was the guy that tried to convince me not to go because there are snakes in India.

My friend Jin, who is volunteering at a hospital in the slums, is going to come to Kanchipuram tomorrow and stay for a few days, since he doesn't have much work to do right now. This weekend we are going to go to Mahabalipuram, which is very close, and apparently has fantastic beaches and nice beachside resorts with fucking POOLS and where you can get an ayurvedic massage (traditional south Indian massage). Fuck yes.

We met this girl randomly last weekend when I was in Chennai. I was waiting for Jin and Dilkushi outside a restaurant and started talking to this girl who is from Texas, invited her to lunch with us, and we all ended up hanging out all day. She is working here for TWO YEARS so it's nice to have another friend here.

I saw one of the temples in Kanchipuram last weekend, and it's really interesting, but it's like cathedrals and castles in Europe...once you've seen two or three, you really don't need to see any more. There is one more that I want to go to, but only because they have real live elephants and I think elephants are neat.