Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Switched Over


I have been to Chennai enough number of times, but always on business. Therefore, last week when my wife's friend was getting married over there, I had to do a family trip. A first with my family. Normally, my office would take care of all the stay arrangements, this time I had to do it on my own. Besides, I had to look for an affordable place without compromising on comfort. A quick search got me to something called POD Hotel – Luxury Boutique Hotel. I was a little skeptical as I had heard of those capsule hotels being extremely tiny but then I discovered The Park POD. It was exactly what I was looking for!

A south-Indian wedding was another first for me. That it was a daytime affair helped a lot as we were too tired to stay awake all night but loved the Oonjal, Muhuratham and Saptapadi. Have enough pics from the ceremonies. Still need to go through the lot and upload a few. Finally, the feast! Never knew the South-Indian cuisine had so much more to offer! Having tucked in enough we took leave of the newly-weds and their family and returned to our hotel. Luckily, the place is located right where the action is, so didn't have to go far to shop for the local stuff.

Next day, hit the gym, and after some rest were dropped at the airport. It was short trip but did not feel like I ever left home.