We left Ongole in the morning and arrived in Chennai around 1pm, after a quick ride in a rickshaw we arrived at our hotel. July 1st turned out to be an interesting day to arrive in Chennai as the USS Nimitz also arrived that morning to much fanfare as well as protests. The protests concerned both the possibility of the Nimitz having nuclear weapons and it returning from Iraq. The city seemed very happy about it and there were articles in the state newspaper the next day about some of the seamen helping orphanages and boys homes. We took a quick trip to the city museum and felt like we had gone back to the museums of the 1930s. There were snakes in formaldehyde and lots of latin names. It was a strange atmosphere and Jenneli and I enjoyed it. After a quick dinner of yummy pizza and cake we headed to back to the hotel to sleep.
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