We were up well before the crack of dawn for our 5:30 pickup for transfer to the airport. We are flying to Chennai, India where we will be meeting Tara for our tour of some of the highlights of Southern India. This is our fifth trip to India but our first for any extensive travel in the southern part of the country.
Check-in and the flight was fine. We had a light breakfast in the Business Class lounge and then they fed us more on the plane. The Singapore airport had some pretty gorgeous areas...
and gate area was one of the largest and most luxurious we have ever seen.
With the time change we arrived in Chennai at about 10:30. We got the luggage quickly but getting through customs was a bit of an issue. They wanted a hotel address which we couldn’t find. And they wanted the departure information. However, once we showed them the full itinerary the decided to let us through without some of those details.
Our greeter met
us promptly and connected us with our driver for the drive to the hotel. The drive was only about 8 miles but with
rush hour plus the usual crazy Indian traffic the driver estimated it would
take 45 minutes to an hour. It was
probably a little less than the 45 minutes but the traffic was really crazy.
We had lunch at the hotel and enjoyed the afternoon resting. Mary took a nap and Paul read. Tara caught up with us near dinner time. We talked some travel stuff and debriefed on our thoughts on Crystal and then headed out for dinner. Had trouble finding much but settled on a little shop with parathas (basically the Indian version of stuffed tortillas).
Once back in
the room we got organized for tomorrow’s sightseeing and then went to bed.
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