Hotel Sea Breeze Mamallapuram

... us around until 8pm. Twelve hours for R2100.00 ($43.00). Our main destination was a 40-minute drive down to the temples of Mamallapuram, which allowed us to spectate all of the craziness in all the towns along the way (with my favorite being a dentist who ...

... the size of Chennai, had a beach (even though the pollution and the waves made it too dangerous to swim) and therefore a sea breeze, and several half decent restaurants – including an internet cafe which served beer! Oh – and there were some ...

... leafy hostel with the one-person swing outside the door. everything seems so much nicer now, having arrived, showered, even eaten, and enjoyed the sea breeze. mom took most of my india pictures home with her on a cd, so i hope that they will all be up ...

... city.  It may be because you only head a short distance from the bustling streets to find miles of yellow sand and a cool sea breeze. Getting around the city is easy and I combined the train with lots of walking and a few auto-rickshaw ...

... rocks. Around town locals are spending many hours carving objects from stones to sell to tourists for a few dollars.   Mamallapuram is so much more attractive then Chennai that around half of the passengers are staying on and will proceed direct ...

... were born yesterday, we agreed to take it without looking around. We've spent the last couple of days seeing the sights of Mamallapuram (or Great Warrior Town), which consist of a 1400 year old shore temple, and a park area with huge bas reliefs carved ...

... drinking beer from the bottle, which would have been incredible in northern India. There are many 'alternative' people as well in Mamallapuram. Quite a few old hippies exist there (along with a score of modern ones) and many of them live there full time. ...

... of the money I gave him was a tip. It's hard to say what people understand from what you say. I say we want to go to Mamallapuram and then the airport. What time does it get dark? I say. OK if we leave at 3:30 we can see the temples for an hour ...

... we call it) turned out to be pretty much as hot and humid as everywhere else, but at least we enjoyed a lovely sea breeze from our hotel. I was only there for 2 days but still had time to enjoy some fish, some tanning on the beach, some motorbike riding ...

... by chance, sometimes planned, and share a breakfast, an hour on the beach, or an 28 km return bicycle tour to a temple. Mamallapuram is very relaxed in many ways, especially coming from Chennai. It’s  small, has a fairly nice fishermen’s ...