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India Travelogue 2016
#26/26
Chennai・Bangalore
Chennai
Travel to India, April 24 – May 1, 2016. This is my sixth trip to India. My destination this time is a rural town called Nagapattinam facing the Bay of Bengal from Chennai to Bangalore.
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The flight from Singapore to Chennai takes 4-hour. I arrived around 2 p.m. After that I went on to check into the hotel in the city.
Hotel Chennai Le Palace.
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The main street of Chennai. Construction of the subway in progress. The high-rise building in the background is Hyatt Hotel.
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Simple accommodation on a street corner in Chennai City.
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There were a lot of cheap hotels in this area.
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Luxury residential areas in Chennai.
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Street vendors selling fruits under the shades of the big trees.
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Ideal shade from the big trees on a main street with little traffic.
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An apartment-style building of an architectural office in Chennai.
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Travel from Chennai to Bangalore by train. After spending 2 nights in Chennai, I am taking a sleeper train to Bangalore. The departure is at 9 p.m. and arrival at 3 a.m. 350 km in 6 hours.
The station building was designed by the British more than 140 years ago. It is nearly half a century older than Tokyo Train Station.
Around 9 p.m. at the Chennai Central Station, heading to Bangalore.
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Passengers sleeping on the floor of the station, probably tired from the gruelling train journey.
Indian Railways Chennai Central Station
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There are security gates like this before getting onto the train platform.
Indian Railways Chennai Central Station
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The elderly porter at the station. He makes a living from tips.
Indian Railways Chennai Central Station
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A passenger is searching for his seat numbers.
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List of passenger name and their seat number. My name is on it, but there is a spelling error.
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A vintage electric locomotive on the track 10. The type of train is towed by the lead car. It runs on section that is not electrified.
Indian Railways Chennai Central Station
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Track 11. To Bangalore. The width of the platform is quite wide.
Indian Railways Chennai Central Station
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Indian Railways Chennai Central Station
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Electronic bulletin board, Track 11 to Bangalore. There were no announcements or destination guidance in the station. There was also no departure signal.
Indian Railways Chennai Central Station
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Indian Railways Chennai Central Station
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Arriving in Bangalore after midnight
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Apartment at late in the night.
I ended up staying here.
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The scenery from the rooftop the next morning. It was a completely different scene from the night before.
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A laundry drying area in a private house. The sun is shining at a right angle. It feels like 45 degrees during the day.
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Fruits and vegetables stall operating under the apartment block.
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A shopping mall in Bangalore city center.
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Inside the marble and granite factory.
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The heavy stones slabs are loaded onto the truck manually.
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Children gathering near the factory.
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Messy electrical connections.
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A quite stylish modern house.
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Street workers taking a rest on the roadside.
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There was also a church in Bangalore. The common language is English, as there are many different types of people working here, including migrants from all over India.
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A Greek style building painted red.
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Vidhana Soudha government office building.
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From the apartment, I travelled another 500 km to the nearest terminal on a 12-hour overnight train.
Bangalore Central Railway Station. It is electrified.
Indian Railways Bangalore Central Station
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Departure is at 7 p.m., there is still time.
Indian Railways Bangalore Central Station
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Disel locomotive.
Indian Railways Bangalore Central Station
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All photos by author, April 2016
