Goodbye, Chennai

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This is it. The last few hours to cherish and savor Chennai's smell, sense, sound, taste and touch.

Friday went by so quickly and so will Saturday. I started Friday morning with a walk to the Marina Beach to dip my toes in the water of the Bay of Bengal. The walk was quite pleasant, the sun is already out. The water is not cold -- can be warm at times. The beach can use some good cleaning in order to be suitable for bathing. Back later in the day, I went to Express Avenue Mall, doing some more shopping. Clean and shiny mall like American's. Stepping outside and you face a different world -- the real reality. I then walked back to Kailash passing several interesting sights.




Later on at night, we gathered to recount good stories. I showed the team the video that I made. It was well received by the team. I also took more photos later that night--part 2 perhaps?
We went to the other restaurant (Krisna) in the New Woodlands hotel again.  Full circle.  It's the same place where we got acquainted for lunch  and now goodbye dinner. 




I stayed up late and so woke up later on Saturday morning and so did not have my final walk to the beach as planned. Bummer. So I just did the normal routine: shower, breakfast, chatting with remaining members.. Fred and I then did the last-minute shopping: Pondi Bazaar, Fab India, City Center etc. Then back at the apartment, and I'm trying to catch up with the final blog now for the trip. Goodbye Chennai, hope to see you again..
Can't resist taking more pictures: