Back to Chennai

After having enough of Mammalapuram, I decided to head back to the big city, chennai. Being a big city, I thought there'd be loads to see and do, even in the rain. I took the bus ride back, and checked into the same youth hostel, Salvation army, that I stayed in previously. As mentioned before, it's a great place to meet people in the dormitory, and so, I met yet another Japanese travelle, and an australian brother and sister. We chatted a while, and while the australians were leaving the next day, the japanese guy would have a day to spend, so we decided to hit the Zoo,in the morning.

Heading out at around 8, we started took the train to a station, and then a auto-rik to the zoo. A whole hour and a half, including waiting time, to get here, and guess what....it was closed! We happened to come on the only day of the week the zoo closes! What a shame, but what can you do right. So we headed back to Chennai again, and decided to visit some museums, the planetrium and science and Tech museum. These proved to be...uhmm...interesting, in the sense that it made you wonder about some of the facts. Also, the condition of the place wasn't the best, but I guess it was alright for being India. The planetarium proved to be quite advanced, as they had a camera from Japan, and the room was air conditioned with reclining chairs! Was nice to escape the heat for a while, but only to be dizzied up by the show of the stars. After spending some time there, the rain of course had started again and so we started to head back. Chennai is a big city, and it takes a lot of time to get around. The auto rikshaw would cost too much, so we opted for the bus, a sweaty and cramped choice to be discovered later. After having walked quite a bit, we finally got to the bus stand and waited yet another good 30-45 min until the bus came. As it was raining, there were crowds of people waiting for the buses. And it was also rush hour to make things more "pleasent". We jumped on our bus, and after a few more stops, we ended up being cramped like tightly packed sardines, and the humidity with the dampness of the rain from people being wet added to the comfort :P An experience none the less, but next time, a auto rickshaw would prove better hahaha.