Chennai 3 October 13, 2008
Posted by megcloud9 in Break Free.Tags: Beach life pics, Chennai trip '08, Travel diary, vacations
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Wats with me n Chennai 
some strange magnetic bond that makes me visit again n again ? Was there for my 3rd visit this year with family .
Left on 4th Oct by the Airavat Bus to Chennai,back on the 7th morning
The Airavat/Volvo buses are just about ok,I would anyday prefer Shatabdi trains over the buses,since they cost around the same and the volvo’s seating is just about ok …I couldnt sleep in peace thanks to the Antartic-like AC ,I dont understand,is it not possible to design/control AC’s to maintain the right temperature in a bus? Why do they have to make us shiver like we are going to a hill station or somethin!
This trip was eventful,I went back to Pothy’s again 
and we also went to Saravana Stores this time.OMG!This place is always swarming with people,I was shocked by the sheer number of people thronging the store and that too on a Monday evening!Statistically Chennai is roughly about 2 times bigger than Blore and has about 4 times a greater population!PHEW ….since the car we hired got a flat tyre,we even managed to get to Tnagar by autos !
PS: I saw this review about Saravana stores here and its hilarious Enjoy
Got some unique pics this time
Cute bakra that I spotted
Our car tyre-Tussss
Crab@Marina Beach
Star fish@Marina Beach
Next time go by plane…..it has many advantages :-
1.) The plane will land before it has even taken off properly.
2.) You get to see the whole of Bengaluru by the time you reach the airport.
3.) You can avoid a flat tyre (atleast in most cases!
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4.) You won’t feel like you are in Antarctica.
@nick
best piece of advise anyone has ever given me nik ! thankuuu
my house is about 3-4 mins walk from pothys
Lol,sunday is bad day to go that side,we take an alternate route 
and how much did you pay for the auto 
The car pic makes me laugh
Starfish! wow! I have been to Puri but saw nothing except crabs.
Omg, that bakra is so cute !!
BEACHHH !!
I Miss Beach in Bangalore =(
lucky girl. .!!
if u were late by 10 days.. u would not be able to put ur foot inside saravana stores..
damn… if u know about ranganathan street ..that will take around 1 hour to cross whihc is just 100 meters i guess ,,,,
lucky girl. .!!
if u were late by 10 days.. u would not be able to put ur foot inside saravana stores..
damn… if u know about ranganathan street ..that will take around 1 hour to cross whihc is just 100 meters i guess ,,,,
I suggest you to try big bazaar in pondy bazaar where you can shop peacefully and less crowd. Try next time
Antartic-like AC – thats funny hahahahah
There’s a bloggers’ meet happening in chennai this saturday… Come there, it’ll be fun! I’m the only bangalorean going for this meet!!
Hehe!
did you write that review on mouthshut?
@vishesh
auto was 40 bucks from where i dunno
TO Tnagar n hey it was a monday da,d mad crowd on a monday !
5 min walk to Pothy’s wow ! Do u like visit those stores everyday ?! wow
@manasa
Hey sorry 4 the confusion,whr u from ?BLore only 
@Reema
yeah I loved the Puri beach ! Yeah lucky to spot em this time but they were not even moving,so i presume it was dead
@Priya
hehe,i knew u wud like it
No ya,we r better off not having a beach here,the humidity thr sucks !!
@arvind
Why ten days ?DIWALI
lol,i have been to Pondy Bazaar too,saw Naidu hall and felt it wasnt worth the effort to cross over to visit it 
I love Krishna Sweets’s Mysore pa 
@teky
the lift@Saravana is just like some eighth wonder,ppl fill into it like mosquitoes ! whew !
sometimes seeing this crazy crowd is also fun.i wanna visit the Citi Centre mall next time 
Heard its pricey n all
@Kaling
dude,it was really cold
@Nikhil
High hopes
@Sandeep
nope
why the doubt ? It was written by someone called Bindu I think
@teky
btw one of your posts “Bachelor Life @ Chennai ” is auto generated here for my post
hm…..what a trip!!…:)..
u took those star fish snap?..its so nice….nice blog!
Citi centre? Oh… cool if u don’t have an idea as how to spend your money you can go there
It seems you’re from bangalore. citi centre is just as forum in bangalore.
>>btw one of your posts “Bachelor Life @ Chennai ” is auto generated here for my post
Actually I visited your blog from my referred links with this post and found my post auto generated
Heh. I hate the Ranganathan St. Hustle bustle all the time!!
Ohh kool….I dint know pothy’s and saravana stores were that famous, i mean for the middle class man is it affordable??
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btw i visited chennai only once but i liked it a lot….we went to dizzie world and kishkinda (dunno of they still are there….it was when my height was below 4 foot
And we had relatives there….guess it shud be lot changed now…Thanks it reminded me of my trip
querying about why there is so much crowd on monday evening… come on any day,any time… there will be crowd always, me too wondering why? Is that much people without clothes or having more money?
dono.
But marina beach is a cool one. I like it very much. Thats the best thing in Chennai
hey.. am Ashwin, nikhil’s friend.. i keep visiting chennai too.. i’d been to pothys, saravana, chennai, nalli and many other places at tnagar- pondy bazar last yr when my cousin got married…! evry month they have some sale or the other..virtually impossible to keep ur foot on the ground in those places..ppl always pushing around..damn..crowded place.. the place i liked the most in the whole of t nagar was a Kwality ice-cream shop..!
have heard so much about the sarvana stores! my attai is a great fan of this place. says, u get everything. u walk in and u can plan a whole wedding.
@swat
hustle bustle once a while is fun na
@kaling
@vinni
she is right ! u can get everything under one roof,Seven floors !
@broc
welcome to moregayn
yeah man,i found it on the beach,i presume it was dead,since it wasnt moving !
@teky
hey is citi centre as huge as forum ?cos it doesnt look like its as big as it i wanna see what the fuss is all about
@sahaja
welcome to moregyan
pothy’s n saravana have sarees n items starting from 100 rupees onwards ! u must visit em the next time u go there,”when my height was below 4 foot” that s cute !
@kanagu
welcome to moregyan
are u from chennai ? actually i ve never seen such a massive crowd ever on a monday evenin here at blore in any cloth store except for the festive season n yeahh marina rocks
@ashwin
hey ! welcome to moregyan
which is this icecream store da?gimme directions,ill visit it next time ! i love the aadi sales at pothy’s they r fabolous
@megyaan
Yeah I am in Chennai.
@sahaja
For your information, still kiskinta and dizzee world are here
not as bi as forum…. but whatever mall u found in forum will be in citi centre also some corporate offices are there…. u can find more celebrity there…
big*
i dunno exactly.. but v had gr88 icecream.. tasted even better in the sweltering heat..! we went at the peak time.. 12-1 or something.. by auto that too.. super bodsing..!
and go thru my blog http://ashwin35007.wordpress.com when free
High hopes anthe.. Thoo, spoil sport!
@kanagu
cool!
@teky
anyone can visit forum here ,its not tatt pricey !
yeah,then why is it so hyped
@ashwin
@nikhil
oh Chennai is so dirty! n its full of saravanan stores everywhere! the auto driver looks at u n then decides how much he’s gonna demand
hey 1 thing i don understand is, y r there photos of that person over our table when v r eating at saravana bhavan?? 
@meghana – thanks
@Kanagu – wow yaar….I am smiling
@sriistan
hehehe ,which photos u talking bout ya ?
hehe,chennai id dirty but very rich in terms of silks
@sahaja
cute display pic ! is tat u ?
Hey me too paid a small visit to Chennai this month beginning. The last photo u had reminded of my star-fish collection I had as a kid. I collected like 80 star fish when I wen to Goa as a kid. But I had to throw them away as they started stinking after a few days =P
u are a tam, u will like madras. its home.
@vinni
@balu
eeeks ! they smelt ?yeah the one i saw on the beach was also dead,i think ! but 80 whoaa ! u didnt take pics of ur collection back then ?
hmmm…enjoyed the pics!
You are tagged!
@bhavji
@swat
yes miss,post coming up !
Funny post. I used to live in Madras about 20 years ago. Then we only had Pondy Bazaar and Kumarans and Nalli’s in Panagal Park. There used to be small chaat place below Prince Jewellers and if you went around the corner there would be an ice-cream place. After eating that samosa chaat, which was new to Madras then, my mom and I would start sweating as we were not used to such spicy oniony food and then eat an ice-cream.
anymore
In Pondy Bazaar there used to be a Nalli;s which only sold blouse piece and other materials. There was a sugarcane juice stand on the opposite side. Behind it was a gas station and a ration shop.
Then there was Salaam stores and Bombay Stores. Ofcourse I am sure that I will not be able to find my way there
@ Megyaan – ThanQ…..ya thats me
….I have added yours on my reader….:-D
Hopped on here from Nikhil’s. Why even do you want to go to Pothy’s of all places?!? And Saravana stores?!!!! I have been in Chennai almost all my life and have probably been to Saravana Stores once and Pothys…never
Been to the Pothys at Tirunelveli though. There are so many other shops you can choose. Mail me next time you are here, will direct you to better shops with less crowd 
and to add on definitely better quality 
@my3
welcome to moregyan
hey i think the ice cream place is still thr !or is it a fruit juice stall?i’m confused !
lovely memories man,u have got of chennai
I heard Nalli’s is like a family tradition,the first saree is always bought thr for any family function 
Actually i’m a Bangalorean n not very familiar with the places u mentioned,havent u visited Chennai recently ??
@Sahaja
Thanks
@Apar
Welcome to Megyaan
Hey Pothy’s rocks man
I love their silks .. Saravana we went to the new building just opp the flyover ..hmm i think the quality of silks at Pothy’s is not bad ,from prev experience 
Sure will mail you next time !
Hey
I was in chennai for a while, could never go to Marina beach, but loved Bessie (our nick name for Besant Nagar Beach)
@nova
where is this beach superrnova
not familiar with this one
well i have never been to chennai infact i have never been to any other state except haryana , punjab, UP and uttrakhand…… but i have this fancy for coastal areas sun and sand its always interesting
but my mother has been to chennai and she found the beaches not that pleasant she told me that not enough of cleanliness is maintained particularly on marina beach
and yes adding you to my blogroll otherwise i will forget visiting to your blog again
Food, in Chennai is much better than Bglore. The normal masala dosa’s aside, taste Lemon rice with Sambar, or Puliyodharai with Vadai or just tea with masala vada at a local shop or Carrot halwa/ rava upma at Mylapore Karpagambal Mess or Sundal with mango pieces at the beach or Astra (Combination of apple and strawberry juice @Fruit Shop @Greams Road…. Pure Bliss!!
For Shopping, go to Spencer plaza, it is the biggest mall in South India.
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