Day 3: Chennai sightseeing
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A half-day tour of some of the
city's main attractions before returning to the
hotel for lunch and then driving to the port to
board our ship.
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Tuesday 18th February 2025
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Breakfast in the same
venue as last night's dinner. |
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Sue and Caroline having
breakfast with one of the local representatives. |
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This is the route we
took on our tour of Chennai.
The order of visits differed slightly from the programme.
Traffic delays and lack of time meant that we didn't get
to visit St. Mary's Church, Fort St George Campus or the
Government Museum, although we did see that last two from
the outside. Despite missing three of the places on the
list, we still felt that we got a good flavour of the city
and saw many other unexpected landmarks. The highlight of
the morning was undoubtedly the visit to the Kapaleeshwarar
Temple. |
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The coach dropped us
off here, from where we got a good view of the temple we
would be visiting across the water. |
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This cat looked very
relaxed in the placed reserved for us to put our shoes while
we were in the temple complex. We didn't disturb it! |
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We weren't supposed to
take any photos within the temple grounds, but we sneaked
these three! |
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After the visit, we
walked slowly back to where the coach had dropped us off. |
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This was the moment
when our schedule took an unexpected turn. A visiting dignitary—possibly
the state governor, as we overheard—was making a special
appearance, leading to the closure of all nearby roads.
As a result, our coach couldn't reach us, and we ended up
waiting about 45 minutes until the roads reopened. We didn’t
mind too much; it turned out to be a pleasant opportunity
to sit back and enjoy some people-watching. |
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The coach turned up eventually
and off we went. |
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Back on the coach. we
headed towards the beachfront. |
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A slow drive alongside
Marina
Beach to admire the painted buildings and have a couple
of brief stops to walk on the beach. |
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Reserve Bank of India,
Chennai. |
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Finally, it was back
to the hotel for lunch, once again served buffet-style in
the same venue as our other meals. |
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