Walking around our house

Mr. R and I took a walk down the streets around our house. We live in sort of a sub off the main road leading south out of Chennai. So a main street comes in and there are a few more streets that branch off. There's an amazing amount of open space, some empty lots that are walled off with small quarters for caretakers (apparently to protect the lots until the owners build in them), and some very posh and less posh homes. Here are photos of the area.

And here is the approach to our house: