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The previous day’s journey had been hard and tiring:
Over 350 km (more than 200 miles), which is a long distance on Indian roads.
But our week of meandering travels had taken us from my home on the Malabar coast to the beaches of Tamil Nadu.
We had crossed a narrow southern portion of India’s great diamond, from the Arabian Sea to the Indian Ocean
Today the journey would be easier and more leisurely.
We began by driving from Mahabalipuram to Pondicherry:
A route punctuated by rock-carvings, sea-salt harvests and an ocean promenade.
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