A hotel like this could become very popular in Kuwait. This is the Benzz Park hotel in Chennai. I thought my wife was joking about this place till I saw it for real. Just check out the restaurants and halls…
Porsche Multicusine Restaurant
Ferrari – The 24 hours Coffee Shop
Lexus – Bar
Rover Banquet Hall
Rolls Royce Banquet Hall
Volvo Banquet Hall

These Chennai traffic cops got style! Check out the pose! Looks like he dancing. 

The thing about the traffic in Chennai is that everybody drives crazy and I mean real crazy, especially my sister-in-law. There are cars, bikes, rickshaws, trucks and even people all over the road and the most amazing thing is that in the one week I was there, not a single accident. No body really follows the traffic lights or lanes or stops for cops unless they pose in the middle of the road like above.

I was pretty impressed when we visited Citi Centre in Chennai. Quite posh. I never expected to see anything like this in Chennai. There is a “Landmark” which is like the Virgin stores at Marina and another store similar to Center Point in Kuwait. In fact I think its the same since it looked very much alike and had all the same brands, but cheaper. The food court on the top floor is nice but very cramped. Hope to see more of these malls soon.

Decided to try a mini-thali for breakfast while in Madras. Yummy! The amazing part is this mini coffee that you get. Its really small.

While we were in Madras, we visited the Science and Technology Centre. We opted for the package that included everything. 

First up was the Birla planetarium. My first visit to a planetarium. When you enter there is this “studded” missile aiming at you. Seems its the “Zeiss projector” that plots all the stars on the dome above. A great experience from those reclining seats. Some other graphics get projected onto the dome as well like a huge mouse pointer and some low-res graphics and photos too.

Next was the 3D movie. Another first for me. I found it very cool though it scared my wife silly. There were scenes where this snake comes into you face and another one where an army of mice run towards you. Too bad it was only a 15 min show.

Last on the agenda was the Science center. This was extermely disappointing. A lot of exhibits, but hardly anything worked. The only thing that looked good was me sitting on that tractor!

On our way out we swung by this garden of science with various exhibits. One of them was this rat wheel. Fun till you slip and fall.

Worked on part of this logo recently for the Youth service Team of Madras (now known as Chennai). Am working on their website now. Hope to have it ready and uploaded before I go on vacation.