Indian Friday: Sightseeing in Chennai

My diary, revived from my trip to India back in 2007. This second part details my solo travels during the last three weeks or so. From now on, increasingly exhausted, my entries become terser and frustratingly light on detail.

Sightseeing in Chennai

Saturday 1st December.

Got up.  What else could I do?  Pounded the area looking unsuccessfully for hotels.  Went over to Y’s house – she was out at a school meeting, but we eventually set off at about 10.30. Every few minutes she would stop the car at ‘point of view’ and commanded me and my camera to ‘Take this!’  So we saw the English Church of the Naval Base – surprisingly early – the 1600s. 

And at various points on the seashore where we’d stop for half a minute ‘Take this!  Take this!’

We ended up in an Indian vegetarian cafe, the expensive bit upstairs, where I bought her a – quite nice – lunch.

Then ever onwards.  Various sights on the beach again, then the Theosophical Society Gardens which was a wonderful green lung.  It was interesting to see the 400 year old Banyan tree whose main trunk had gone but which had endless ‘babies’ spread over a very wide area.

And back to base at 4.30.  I’d hoped to take a nap (though I don’t ‘do’ daytime sleep) but it was impossible – noise again.  So I got up and rang and emailed loads of hotel – none with vacancies.

Then at 8.30, over to Y’s for a dry and pretty nasty mac cheese, and so to bed, perchance not to sleep.  Y had rung the hotel who promised me a room away from the road tomorrow.

The building in my featured photo is I think the Ice House, which we didn’t visit. What interested me was the group of boys playing cricket. Such groups were everywhere, but not once was I instructed to take a shot of them. So it was quite hard to steal a moment to do so.

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Author: margaret21

I'm retired and live in North Yorkshire, where I walk , write, volunteer and travel as often as I can.

34 thoughts on “Indian Friday: Sightseeing in Chennai”

  3. Tee hee- grumpy Margaret! Travel isn’t all lamb and salad. We’re tasked with finding black rugby boots today, in our role as useful grandparents. Bet you’re having much more fun xx

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      4. It’s a bit delicate for public consumption. All sorted for now 👍 and we reached our destination eventually, though the traffic around London was worse than ever!

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      6. The south east traffic is always dire. You have to have eyes in the back of your head to avoid being side swiped by an artic and those annoying lane changers.

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  7. Not the most relaxing of sightseeing tours, and after definitely NOT the most relaxing of nights too! I do love your photo of the women in the sea in those beautiful outfits, but for some reason I can’t see a feature photo of boys playing cricket?

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  8. I love that you have a conversation with yourself in the diary. ‘What else could I do?’ 😂

    We weren’t very enthralled with Chennai, and it doesn’t sound like you were either, or maybe it was the loud hotel. Maggie

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