November Chennai Trip

Just a quick trip this time- only two days in the office for meetings. But I have Saturday free since I am not flying to London until Sunday morning. So I contacted a co-worker who is on a two year assignment here and asked if I could see his house. He very kindly agreed to have me over. So Venkat, my true and trusted driver when I visit here, took me over this morning.

Morocco Trip with Dad, Oct-Nov, 2009

These are the notes I logged as we were on the road.

Notes:

• The medina is the old, walled town.
• A riad is a grand old home fashioned around an open courtyard, generally with lots of beautiful tile décor. The floor of the courtyard is set below the level of the rooms so that rain doesn’t flow into them.
• We did a lot of inter-city traveling by train and carried our bags with us, so we packed lightly. Thus no blow dryer and just a few shirts which you will see repeated over several days. And with no blow dryer I look pretty ragged, but I was having fun.
• A hammam is a Turkish bath. More about that later.
• Souks are market streets, jam packed full of little stalls. You’ll see the photos.
• $1=$.70 euro=8 DH (Moroccan dirhams)