30/01/2011
Chennai Day 3 15:30 Okay so I was going to do more exploring today but I am having a bit of a difficult time fixing my jet lag. So 3 and a half hour time difference is not huge, but "bedtime" in India equals my nap time back home so I keep waking up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep... =.= So for today I'm just going to stay at the hotel and enjoy room service, old movies on the Telly and reading up on what else I can do during my time in India. While we complain about roadworks causing major traffic in South Africa, an article in the newspaper today reads "Jumbos descend on road, block traffic for 2 hours". AND this is on page 5 of the Sunday news, so 13 elephants straying from the jungle and into the village was ranked fairly newsworthy (it got a bigger space than a strike action and an attack with petrol bombs, with a picture insert even). 22:15
You would expect that eating at a hotel would be somewhat expensive, but I'm on holiday so I'm just going to go all out. This is exactly what I had for my dinner for one: soda water, chicken Tom yum soup, mushroom salt and pepper (some mushroom dish with salt and pepper), crunchy lamb (wasn't that crunchy but it was nice), naan, bottled water, mango ice cream. All of this cost me around R90. Yeah it's probably a bit expensive for India, but in my world its still really cheap! There's something about eating on your own at a restaurant, you really get to enjoy every bite you take. There's no one talking to you distracting you from your food. It's kinda nice. I really enjoyed dining with me tonight, plus that waiter walking around the restaurant with an electric mosquito squat/racket thingie. Ooooh first day of school tomorrow! Better get to sleep, would not want to be late!
Chennai Day 3 15:30 Okay so I was going to do more exploring today but I am having a bit of a difficult time fixing my jet lag. So 3 and a half hour time difference is not huge, but "bedtime" in India equals my nap time back home so I keep waking up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep... =.= So for today I'm just going to stay at the hotel and enjoy room service, old movies on the Telly and reading up on what else I can do during my time in India. While we complain about roadworks causing major traffic in South Africa, an article in the newspaper today reads "Jumbos descend on road, block traffic for 2 hours". AND this is on page 5 of the Sunday news, so 13 elephants straying from the jungle and into the village was ranked fairly newsworthy (it got a bigger space than a strike action and an attack with petrol bombs, with a picture insert even). 22:15
You would expect that eating at a hotel would be somewhat expensive, but I'm on holiday so I'm just going to go all out. This is exactly what I had for my dinner for one: soda water, chicken Tom yum soup, mushroom salt and pepper (some mushroom dish with salt and pepper), crunchy lamb (wasn't that crunchy but it was nice), naan, bottled water, mango ice cream. All of this cost me around R90. Yeah it's probably a bit expensive for India, but in my world its still really cheap! There's something about eating on your own at a restaurant, you really get to enjoy every bite you take. There's no one talking to you distracting you from your food. It's kinda nice. I really enjoyed dining with me tonight, plus that waiter walking around the restaurant with an electric mosquito squat/racket thingie. Ooooh first day of school tomorrow! Better get to sleep, would not want to be late!
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