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Travel Blogs from Chennai (Madras)
Dog Tired In Chennai
... where his tomb is kept. Oddly enough in the Boxing day tsunami of 2006 Chennai lost thousands of people as they were swept up in the big wave. They had gathered for their usual Sunday festivities when out of the blue the wave struck, however the water only went as far as St Thomas's monument then receeded.That's about all we had time for in Chennai, we are all a bit tired, I really don't think the trains are going to bother me ...
Wednesday- 2nd week
... at the zoo, Stephen had us pair up and counted everyone to make sure we were all set. Plastic bags are not allowed into the zoo. At the entrance there’s a table where people open their knapsacks and rewrap their plastic bagged items with newspaper. I saw this as a step in the right direction towards keeping the park clean, I just wonder where the plastic bags are trashed, probably on the street just outside the zoo.
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A la découverte des feuilles de bananiers...
... de toute saveur indienne) nous décidons de manger dans un "idly shop" pas très loin de Panagal Park.
Dès qu'on arrive on s'installe à une table et comtemplons les assiettes de nos voisines (ah pardon, il ne s'agissait pas d'assiette mais bien de feuille de bananier). On voit enfin à quoi ressemble tous ces idly et dosa que Praveen avait tant bien que mal essayé de me décrire en France. Et on décide de tester un peu de tout.
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Cricket
... Cup history.
3. Michael Yardy's real name is Michael Backyardy and that's where he should play his cricket.
4. Robin Peterson's One Day International record is played 35, 17 wickets but he rips through our top order.
5. Tim Bresnan is described before the game against the Netherlands by one commentator as "honest and reliable". This can be translated as not good enough but we have nobody better. I'll give his due though he's a trier which is more than ...
Traveling to Chennai
... assignment. We knew we had a flight (and so did Heathrow) but no gate had been assigned. Finally A10 was posted and off we went, only to find that we were taking a bus to another destination! As we traveled, I said to myself, “Self, surely we are not going to board a 777 jumbo airliner for international travel from the tarmac…” The last time I had boarded from the tarmac was at tri-cities airport or a puddle jumper flight to Charlotte on a plane ...
Location
Other places to stay in Chennai (Madras)
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Savera Hotel
146 Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Chennai (Madras) | 4 star hotelfrom $84 -
Sheraton Park Hotel & Towers
Teynampet, Chennai (Madras) | 3 star hotelfrom $151 -
Courtyard By Marriott Chennai
Teynampet, Chennai (Madras) | 3 star hotelfrom $92 -
Trident, Chennai
1/24 G.S.T Road, Chennai (Madras) | 3 star hotelfrom $116 -
Taj Coromandel Chennai
Nakeerar Nagar, Chennai (Madras) | 4 star hotelfrom $226 -
The Park Chennai
Nungambakkam, Chennai (Madras) | 4 star hotelfrom $110 -
Lemon Tree Hotel, Chennai
Saidapet, Chennai (Madras) | 3 star hotelfrom $98 -
Le Royal Meridien Chennai
1 GST Road, Chennai (Madras) | 4 star hotelfrom $139 -
GRT Grand
Sathyamurthy Nagar, Chennai (Madras) | 4 star hotelfrom $101 -
The Accord Metropolitan
Kodambakkam, Chennai (Madras) | 4 star hotelfrom $89 -
Fortune Select Palms
142, Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR), Chennai (Madras) | 3 star hotelfrom $106 -
Vivanta by Taj - Connemara, Chennai
Azhagiri Nagar, Chennai (Madras) | 4 star hotelfrom $140 -
Pride Hotel Chennai
Nungambakkam, Chennai (Madras) | 4 star hotelfrom $79 -
Radisson Blu Hotel GRT Chennai
531 GST Road, Chennai (Madras) | 3 star hotelfrom $107 -
The Raintree Hotel, St.Mary's
Adyar, Chennai (Madras) | 4 star hotelfrom $117 -
Ambassador Pallava Chennai
Pudupet, Chennai (Madras) | 4 star hotelfrom $75 -
Hotel Abu Palace
Egmore, Chennai (Madras) | 2 star hotelfrom $38 -
Raj Park Chennai
Teynampet, Chennai (Madras) | 3 star hotelfrom $71 -
My Fortune, Chennai
Teynampet, Chennai (Madras) | 3 star hotelfrom $126 -
Radha Regent
Aminjikarai West, Chennai (Madras) | 3 star hotelfrom $81 -
The Checkers Hotel
Saidapet, Chennai (Madras) | 3 star hotelfrom $67 -
The Vijay Park Hotel Chennai
Aminjikarai West, Chennai (Madras) | 3 star hotelfrom $41 -
Somerset Greenways Chennai
Thousand Lights, Chennai (Madras) | 5 star hotelfrom $106 -
Asiana Hotel
1/238, Old Mahabalipuram Road(OMR), Chennai (Madras) | 4 star hotelfrom $149 -
Royal Regency
26/27 Poonamallee High Road, Chennai (Madras) | 2 star hotelfrom $52 -
The Residency Towers
Kodambakkam, Chennai (Madras) | 4 star hotelfrom $96