Thursday May 31 – Chennai
I arrive at the hotel at 1:30 am and quickly go to bed.
Keeping to the temperature theme, I was warned that Chennai will have the worst climate of the three cities on this trip. Hot and humid, and I notice it, but let’s see what the day brings.
For the past few days I have been told that our travel plans might get disrupted by city wide strikes in Chennia – in protest of the hike in gas prices (14%). My colleagues have been busy making alternative plans of where it is best to stay to avoid the disruptions. They tell me that all public transportation services will be on strike (from 10 am to 6pm – which is convenient of them to make it between working hours.
It turns out all the warnings were false. The weather is very comfortable, and there is in effect no strike. I heard the government backed down and didn’t raise the price as much as they said they would.
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