Goodbye Vellore

Hello Readers,

In honor of our time ending in Vellore I have decided to do a picture blog of life in Vellore. It has truly been an amazing experience living in this city for three weeks. It's considered a small city in India but with so many people and animals around I can't imagine. Here are some of my pics. Enjoy :)


This is a picture of our room at Aavana Inn. Not too bad. It has A/C and it's moderately priced. The staff is really nice and they always smile and wave at us. We brought our sheets from home and put them directly on the sheets that were already there. We have a tv and can get room service any time! The room is costing us almost 900 ruppees per day which is $23. This is between the two of us! Not bad!!!









This is a picture of a cow just strolling along infront of CMC hospital complex. This is a very common sight. The other day while we were at the travel agent's office a cow tried to come in the door! They just shooed it away. I especially like the little calfs. They're so cute!




This is a cute little monkey at CMC campus. We were on our way to have lunch when I spotted one of them. Suddenly there were more! I think 7 total. The men that work on the grounds were trying to help me find them all so I could take pictures. I'm sure to them it's not unusual to see monkeys walking around. This one is particularly cute because he's eating and just stuffing the food in his mouth! You can see his little cheeks puffing out full of food.





This is during one of our rickshaw rides to CMC campus from our hotel. Seeing people on motorcycles isn't uncommon, but seeing a woman driving one is. She's probably going to work like us. I like this!






This is one of the main market roads in Vellore. Look at all the people!!! It's always crazy especially when a 2 rickshaws, 3 motorcycles, and 4 bicycles are driving past you at the same time. I wish I had a recording of the sounds to go along with this picture. It's so noisy! It's mostly people yelling and talking and cars honking but it's so much noise!



This is a closer look at the flowers that people sell on the street. Women buy these and make beautiful garlands to put in their hair. The flowers smell so good and are so colorful!

This is a picture at the vegetable market we found in Vellore while walking one afternoon. There are countless stalls with people usually selling one or two different kinds of veggies. After we started taking pictures people were begging us to take their picture. I like this one because the green vegetable looks funny. It's like a cucumber with chickenpox!

Another picture at the market. This one is of chilis. HOT HOT HOT! They looked vibrant. At this store they also sold legumes like lentils!

A picture of a market in Vellore at dusk. There were people selling all sorts of fruit here. Apples, grapes, oranges, mangoes. I really wanted to try the mangoes but I didn't want to get sick.

This is a picture of the temple in Vellore. We were waiting until the temple opened at 3pm and it was so hot! The temple is beautiful both inside and out. It was a very interesting experience going inside. You had to go in barefoot and the ground was very hot! It was made of stone. We ran on tip toes while the Indian people walked calmly. They're very used to walking barefoot. In most stores we take our shoes off before entering.

This is the entry to the temple. You can see all the people waiting to go in. We paid two rupees each to have our shoes watched. One of our friends on a prior trip didn't do so and one of his shoes mysteriously disappeared.

This was taken from the Vellore Fort. It overlooks part of Vellore.