Day 29 ctd - From CMBT the 15B took us and our apparantly people sized bags (Rs. 8 for us, Rs. 8 for backpacks) to Chennai Central where we located left luggage before heading to Egmore for a lunch of bruschetta and lasagne. The Government Museum and National Art Gallery were interesting to wander round, though a few too many stuffed animals and men on cell phones following us for our tastes - more dinosaurs than Hyderabad though! With time to kill we did what we...

Day 26 - Arriving at Chennai Central we caught a prepaid autorickshaw to our hotel - not as straight forward as it should have been! On first inspection Hotel Mallika Residency seemed nice enough, even having a balcony, and we enjoyed our cool showers before heading out. While walking we were briefly halted as a police escort convoy drove past, sadly not for us. After walking through Chennai's very quiet streets we arrived at Fort St George, passed through "...