One of the many mosques in the Triplicane area of central Chennai where I'm staying, from my hotel roof.
Allo from Chennai.
After arriving here last week, I took a couple of days to look around the city. Last saturday I spent a few hours inside Fort St George, which was built by the British, and contains several old colonial era buildings that are now either in a state of disrepair or used by various state government departments. I took the time to have a good look around the place, while avoiding the gaze of the numerous policemen and women around the fort area.
The Fort railway station.
The walls of Fort St George from the outside.
This is the Secretariat building, hidden behind the big white plinth. I think this is where the state parliament of Tamil Nadu meets. I couldn't get any closer to take a picture as the place was swarming with police.
The moat of Fort St George.
This is outside and inside of St Mary's Church.
This is down at the beach on Chennai's Beach Road. As Chennai is on the east coast, being around here at sunset is an opposite experience compared to the west coast. I'll have to find an "inland" sunset point, or get up early to see a sunrise.
Here's the policewomen ordering the stray bathers to get out of the sea.
This is the Fisherman's area of the beach, further south from the crowds of bathers.
San Thome Church, which houses the remains of St Thomas.
Many different types of agrabathi on sale by the Kapileshwara temple in the suburb of Mylapore.I'm very busy during the week with teaching, but I should have some free time over the coming weekends to continue exploring Chennai. It really is a big city, with 7 million inhabitants. The monsoon is approaching Chennai, and should be in full swing later this month.
Happy Birthdays to Lyn and Karen!
Cheers
Chris
