Pictures from Mahabalipuram

These are pictures from the trip to Mahabalipuram.....

As you can see from the pics.... we had a great time!!

So there is a funny story that goes along with the Monkey picture. We were taking a short break when we were touring the temples and we came up to this group of monkeys. In front of our eyes, one of the monkeys grabs a plastic container of food from another family (not in our group). The monkey proceeds to make its way to its own little area, away from the other monkeys, he opens the plastic container which was a twist off, and enjoys his little snack. It was so clever how fast he did it all... meanwhile one of his 'pals' was sitting close by completely jealous because he did not get anything. So this other monkey starts staring at Vim... Now vim thought that it was just the monkey 'checking him out'!! But no, the monkey was after something.... Vim had a water bottle in his hand. As soon as he set it down, whooosh, the monkey came swooping down and grabbed it.... And the same skills.... he opened it by twisting the cap off.... It was really cool to see them in action. I am sure that they could scare those that are unsuspecting as they sneak in for their catch.