Amrita Inn Hotel
Travel Blogs from Chennai (Madras)
Le debut de la fin...
... sont mortes et putrides. La ville est probablement moins dense que Mumbai, mais cela laisse la place a de vastes decharges a ciel ouvert, ou la ville moderne croise les bidonvilles et la pauvrete a nu (litteralement). A Mumbai on sent un gradient des richesses. Ici tout le monde partage le meme trottoir, certains pour aller au travail, d'autres pour y dormir et y faire leurs besoins.
Bref, nous trouvames le courage ...
Like watercolours in the rain.
... many of the houses don’t have sanitation, and the sewerage infrastructure is haphazard. It just put me off eating local fish and walking beside the sea!
At Fred’s coaxing, we jumped into a couple of “autos” (tuk-tuks) outside Ravi’s house, and asked the drivers to take us on a random ride around the neighbourhood. Our driver was great and gave us a running commentary, with lots of smiles and explanations. His English ...
One not so fine day
... terrifies) me.
Although I have been here for four weeks and am used to the crazy streets, lack of time schedules, lots of sitting, and the language barriers, there is still so much I don't understand about this country, namely the beauracratic things, but many others as well. For example:
I'm told by some that the different dots, stripes, and colors of ash on some Indians forerheads is a symbol of different gods that they have worshiped that day, but I have heard ...
Rickshaw Mania
... to find an internet café, I got in a rickshaw, dressed in my traditional Indian clothing, and ready to find an internet café. I realize telling this my mother is probably freaking out that I roamed around India by myself, but I assessed the situation and realized that it was pretty safe and that I can’t live my life worrying all the time about what’s going to happen. I also figured it’s the same in any country that you go to, I’m sure that people from ...
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