March 10th: Back to Delhi (for the last time)

Chennai - as far as the eye can see

I was trying to capture the colorful buildings in the tropics - with limited success

After a rather broken night’s sleep (the hotel was right next to the train station), we woke up in Madurai, one of the oldest cities in India. Greek documents date its existence back to at least the 4th century BC, and it has been part of trade routes for spices and silks since then. It's also the home of the Sri Meenakshi Temple, one of the largest temple complexes in India. Unfortunately, we didn't have a chance to visit the temple, but we'd definitely like to check it out at some point in the future.

A temple in Chennai

We met up with our driver from the day before and headed to the Madurai airport for our flight back to Delhi. Once again, the flight took us by way of Chennai, although we didn’t get a chance to get off the plane and check out the city. A few uneventful hours later, we touched down in Delhi for the last time on this trip. (Overall, the our experience with domestic Indian flights has been quite good, despite the noticeably higher numbers of screaming children.)

Uhhh - some city between Hyderabad and Delhi...

A stadium built for Delhi's 2010 hosting of the Common Wealth Games

We headed back to our Delhi hotel, for the third time on this trip – it’s definitely beginning to feel home-y at this point – and decided to call it an early night. We don’t have much to show for the day, but please enjoy our attempts at aerial photography.