Resources & Quick Links

If our Fetching a Toothpicker Blog has piqued your curiosity about our adventure in Chennai and South India and beyond, here are some great resources and links for you to explore further:

  • David Hassler Photography: If you enjoy the photos I feature in this blog, you can revisit and explore more of my work from Sarah’s and my adventures and my walkabouts along the back lanes, through the fishing villages, and around the many historic buildings of Chennai and South India, where I’ve shared brief connections and a smile with so many open, friendly, beautiful people as they go about their daily lives. You’ll also find photos from Sarah’s and my travels beyond India to South Asia and Europe.
  • Sarah and David’s Restaurant Reviews: If you enjoy great food, whether fine dining or the street variety, you can find our views on a growing number of Chennai’s restaurants as part of The Chennai Expat Guide’s blog below.
  • Instagram: You can keep up with my photography on the app @davidhassler 
  • The Chennai Expat Guide: book and blog: Peter Claridge is a young British expat who’s lived and worked in Chennai for ten years and his thoroughly detailed book about moving to, working in, and exploring Chennai is a lifesaver! You can check out and follow Peter’s blog and read some of Sarah’s and my restaurant reviews (and buy his great book) here.
  • Boulevard Press: When I’m not serving as Sarah’s everything wallah, taking photos of new places, new faces, and new tastes, or writing posts for this blog, I’m working on stories for our “Trio” series at Boulevard Press. And maybe that Civil War novel will hop out of the drawer as well . . . .