And so it begins….. Our first introduction to curry began on a British airways flight to Chennai. Coupled with the showing of ‘Babel’ that the plane thoughtfully provided (scenario- tourist in remote area gets shot by bandit and has to undergo surgery without anesthetic at the hands of local tribesman) meant we touched down with some trepidation. Excellent directions to the pre-booked ‘Hotel Melody’ (‘opposite the Roxy theatre underneath a flyover’) proved a bit much for the taxi driver: after several turns around Vepery we arrived to find it locked and bolted. Seeing the sign on the wall, our driver helpfully shouted “Bell” into the sweltering night, unsurprisingly to no avail, until Jenny astutely noticed that the chain around the gate was, in fact, doing nothing to aid hotel security and could be removed. Travel issue
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