Chennai. May 5, 2012. No wonder I was being roasted. I still started off to Mahabalipuram taking my first step in the challenge GoUnesco . The route is quite popular. One just gets on to the East Coast Road (ECR) enjoying the sea that accompanies all the way. I started from T.Nagar, reached Kelambakkam, got a share auto to Kovalam by-pass and waited for a bus there. As there wasn't any then, asked for a lift, got to hop into a car and met a cute little kid with a cuter English. Got to know that her mother tongue was Tamil, but she refused to switch to that saying, "If I talk in Tamil, it feels weird! I like my cartoon accent more!" Even interesting, her ancestors were from Needamangalam, a village near Thanjavur. So much for Tamil these days! Well, I was taken for a good distance, and then again got a share auto to Mahabalipuram. I've been there earlier, but this time, the place was completely different. Thanks to a political meeting, the place was littered all ...
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