Yes, I am alive-

and very hungry so this will be a short post. To catch you all up briefly, after the whole leaping off the train thing, I took a 36 hour train ride to get to Chennai, where Miyako forgot to wake up and get me so I had to call her dad, who then woke her up. I hung out in Chennai until today; went out with Miyako some, went to Mahabalipuram by myself (that's a story in itself), went briefly out to Pondicherry and Auroville (very very briefly, just for an afternoon), and explored generally. Today I took a 5 hour bus from Chennai to Tiruvannamalai, with no plans, but managed to find Ramana Maharshi's ashram and a random room not too far away (we'll see how that works out) and a bakery that I am getting ready to go visit because I'm super hungry. Look for a more thorough update with photos in the next day or two, when I am fed and not so exausted. Cheerios my friends!