Tanjore, India

As we traveled to our next destination, Tanjore, there were fields and fields of rice and sugar cane.  Also, groves of bananas, coconut trees, eucalyptus, and other trees.  Ox drawn carts were common, as well as over-loaded trucks with sugar cane.  But most importantly, I glad I don't have to drive in Indian traffic.  Roman traffic is horrible, in Cairo they think the lines on the road are just suggestions, but in India they think those lines are decorations -- truly scary.  We stopped by a small dam to watch some fishermen cast their nets, fishing in the traditional way.


 
Also, on the road to Tanjore, two more temples.  Temples seem to be endless in southern India.  However, once in Tanjore, there is one temple that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site constructed in the 10th century.  It is called the Brihadeeswara Temple.  The main tower is 13 stories high, and has a bull weighing 27 tons carved from a single piece of stone.