Sept 2 - 5, 2007 - Radisson Hotel Chennai

The trip from Delhi to Chennai was quite smooth. We were served hot (temperature and spice) Indian meals, vegetarian or non-vegetarian on the Jet Airways flight. The stewardesses were constantly working bringing food, drinks, pillows, etc. to the passengers and always with a smile. Quite different attitude from the US airlines. Security is somewhat different but sufficient. All checked bags are x-rayed and sealed with a security tape. Hand bags are all x-rayed. Computers don't have to be removed from their cases and liquids are allowed. Each person is frisked. There is a separate line for women that has a curtain.

The photo is of the team that is travelliing together for the next week. From left to right, me, Dave (from Flowserve Canada), Doug (Flowserve Canada), Jay (Flowserve Canada), Shawn (Fluor Calgary), and Aravind (Fluor New Delhi). The Radisson has a famous restaurant, the Kabob Factory. The menu is basically fixe price, the choices being vegetarian or non-vegetarian. The servers, all male, bring food until you burst. I had mutton, fish, chicken, each served 2 or 3 different ways. They also brought salad, bread, rice, cooked vegetables, and dessert.

The hotel lobby was quite nice.

Here is the next photo of the bedroom in the continuing effort to "document" the different accomodations.