Adventures in Chennai, March 25, 2004 - April 11, 2004
( mostly along TTK Road, waking up)
The Madras Club, started, I believe, by the East India Tea Company, and
our escape from the crowds and noise of Chennai. This is my home away from
home. We were members during our 1993-1994 year at IIT and found the
peace and quiet offered by the Madras Club staff as a very cost effective
substitute for weekly therapy sessions at some psychiatric clinic.
Each year when we return to Chennai - this is our home.
Each morning I walk to the Internet Cafe - which opens at 7am, and
do my university work from there. Kumar, the manager has seen me come early and
now opens at 6:45, and has a nice coffee waiting for me.
While walking up TTK road, you see it is slowly waking up.
Here are scenes of
Madras waking up about 6:30 am. Some simply stand around:
Others are walking about
Washing teeth and washing the road
Getting the morning's supply of water
A bicycle shop waking up and waiting
A bicycle shop that is wide awake and working
A street tailor (actually repaired my jeans)
India is a country displaying multimodal transport
Two wheel bicycles are the clear winner and here is a happy man on a bicycle
Three wheel bicycles are available also
Four wheel bicycles are also available
Merry go rounds are also available
A quiet morning street
A vegetable shop for vegetarians and no-vegetarians alike
Traffic is very slow in Chennai - still some of the most unusual
accidents are there. Here, this truck appears to have crossed the medium
and hit a lamp post. There was almost no traffic - and I have not any
idea about why this happened. Note on the right - on looker delay is possible
even with bicycle riders.
Something about temples. There are many many Hindu temples in Chennai.
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