The last few days were a travel blur for me. I left San Francsico on Singapore Airlines Flight 01 which departed at 00:05am on Wednesday. I landed in Hong Kong at around 8am on Thursday morning. Left for Singapore on the continuing saga that is SQ 01 and landed around 11:45am. Had one day in Singapore and one night. I ended doing lunch and dinner with some colleagues in the Singapore office and drank a few beers that evening. Slept for almost 11.5 hours and was rather non-responsive at 7am when I had to get up, eat breakfast, and head back to the airport.
Then it was Jet Airways 9W15 departing at 9:20am and landing at 11am in Chennai. Got to the Raintree Hotel and unpacked a bit and went to the office for about 5 hours here in Chennai. Ate dinner in the coffee shop at the Raintree. Slept again for almost 10 hours. Now its Saturday and I have some work to do that has been waiting patiently for me. I’ll be in the Chennai office for the next 5 work days and then fly back out again at 00:15am Saturday morning to Singapore. Land at 8:15am and have a 10 hour layover which I will spend at the transit hotel at Changi Airport Terminal 3. Then off I go again back home at 5:50pm and get in before i left.
So, in essence, that’s the trip for me. But here in Chennai I have some days to get back to some places in Mylapore I want to go like the New Woodlands Hotel for breakfast and tomorrow I’ll go to the Chennai Citi Centre for awhile and shop around at the Landmark store, look for some stuff for my daughter, and generally rest up. Today is a rest plus work day for me as well.
I’m happy to be back in my second “native place” and the Raintree treats me only too well. The folks here all know me so breakfast always is over-indulging in things like Masala Dosa’s. Tonite, I will eat “above sea level” on the roof at the Raintree! Woot! Its a beautiful day so evening dining under starlight should be cool. The list of places I want to go here:
- BBQ Nation – search for it on my weblog. What a great place to eat.
- Chola Sheraton and the Peshawri Restaurant – drink at the bar, eat at the restaurant. The bar is very nice there.
- New Woodlands Hotel Krishna Restaurant – some of the best South Indian cuisine. Breakfast with the surly but sometimes friendly staff. Land of the overwhelming Masala Dosa, filtered coffee which strikes your senses with a hot stick, and some other great choices.
- Copper Chimney Restaurant in Mylapore – Oh yeah! Their Mutton Chello Kebab rules.
- Zara Tapas in Mylapore – right next to the “chimney” cold Kingfishers, tapas style food.
There you got it! My recipe to a week of over indulgence bounded by the hotel staff at the Raintree. Yay!
