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Guindy National Park

By Charlie March 5, 2008 4 comments

March 2nd. Another overnight flight, and another dawn - this one in Chennai (or Madras as it was once called) on India’s south-west coast, the capital of Tamil Nadu, home to almost 8 million people, and the third Indian city I’ve visited this year already (the other two being Delhi and Mumbai). The two trips […]

Sunbirds, Bulbuls, and Babblers: Chennai, Tamil Nadu

By Charlie January 18, 2006 3 comments

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
18 January 2006
 
I’ve not been to Chennai (or Madras as it used to be known) in Tamil Nadu, south-eastern India, for many years. Our trips here are very short with just one free day available, and that coming after a long flight that only gets into Chennai at some horrible time […]