September 23, 24 and 25, 2017 Saturday, Sunday and Monday
Our bus ride back to Chennai was a little bit too rushed for us. The driver seemed like he was taking crazy chances and going too fast. We did arrive back in Chennai in one piece
An odd sculpture on the bridge
We went back to the roof top bar/restaurant that night. For some reason we did not know, there were fireworks.
It was good we all could sit at one table
My dessert. I was not too hungry, so I had a drink and dessert. What a fancy dessert it was too. It did taste good
Night time vista
Our first crazy Tuk Tuk ride.
Fire suppression at the gas station
We made it to Nalli's. I had heard that THIS was THE place to get fabric and Saris.
It was AMAZING-- Mark has more photos
Information bit:
Nalli was established in T. Nagar in 1928 by Nalli Chinnasamy Chetti, a weaver who belonged to the Padmasaliyar community.Chinnasamy Chetti was a famous weaver of Kanchipuram sarees who had been weaving silk sarees since 1900 and gifted a Kanchipuram saree, the Durbar Pet, as a souvenir to George V during his visit to India in 1911. In 1928, he moved to the then Madras city and became one of the first to open a shop in the neighbourhood of T. Nagar which was founded in the early 1920s.The shop initially functioned from a house until Nalli established his own showroom in 1935. Nalli Chinnasamy Chetti died in 1958 and was succeeded by his grandson Nalli Kuppusamy Chetti.
The last photo of our group. Everyone but Mark and I left on Sunday. Monsignor, Helena, and Lori left earlier that day.
We walked to a grocery store, just to check it out. There was an amazing amount of sugary snacks
The small wall of fruits. Most fruits and vegetables are purchased from push carts
Mark found the Sirachi
The hotel water feature
Our favorite waitress. She was so nice. Went out of her way to make us feel good, she told us how to get to T Nager so I could go to Nallis
We were leaving the next day.
We hung out at the hotel, used the roof top pool and just relaxed
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