One fine saturday morning, when me and Sabari were chatting about anything and everything, as we usually do, one of us (or maybe both of us) got this idea of going around Chennai on our bikes and taking pictures of all the places to make kind of a picture encyclopedia of the city we called home for nearly 3 years. After a few minutes of in-decision and reality checks we decided that this was indeed a trip worth undertaking.
We started off from that most famous of all places, the place that a dear friend of mine calls a country within the city, 'Mylapore'. After taking a few pictures of the tank, which happily had water thanks to the many bouts of torrential rain we had, and the schools of fish in the tank; we began our eventful journey to explore the less frequented spots in Chennai like Foreshore Estate.
Unfortunately, our foray into Foreshore Estate came to a rather sticky end when I stepped into a pile of something which I rather not mention (I still have a picture for anyone who is interested!). After having failed at the attemt to find water to clean my feet, we decided to go to the nearest sure supply of water - Marina Beach. My friend was busy taking pictures of anything and everything while I trudged forward in the sand towards the sea. After having cleaned my feet in the saline water, we began our journey to the north of Chennai starting with the Cooam estuary, past Parry's Corner to reach 'Burma Bazaar' - the place to get pirated items in Chennai, which coincidentally happens to be opposite the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police (hey I'm not complaining).
As we were taking pictures, we made slow progress, passing the High Court and the old bus stand to reach Chennai Central - that Mecca for many a weary mallu yearning for the taste of good water. Having taken a few snaps of those hallowed grounds, we moved on to Mount Road through Egmore. We finally hit Mount Road near the Spencer's junction. Ohhh, how many times did we come here with our friends, to spend hours window shopping, getting lost in the many corridors and just maybe buy a t-shirt for 100/- or 150/-.
As the light turned green, we turned right and headed towards Gemini flyover and T-nagar. And we would've gone into T-Nagar as well, if only we were up to the challenge of facing the almost impossible traffic. Having faced the north Chennai traffic for half a day, neither of us were mentally up to the challenge of facing the traffic in T-Nagar. So after a minute of contemplation, we went straight at Teynampet signal instead of right and headed straight for home and a nice lunch.
