An Evening Walk in Chennai
Last week, I was on a work trip to Chennai. I have been to this town before, but never spent any meaningful time here. It was either during a packed schedule or during a layover en route to places like Pondicherry.
The schedule this time was different – I had a free workday, which I wanted to make full use of. So I decided to take an auto to Elliot’s Beach and walk down Elliot’s Promenade.
It had rained throughout the day, and the weather had cleared slightly as the evening dawned. I had forgotten my AirPods at my hotel – and I could not have been happier. I got to enjoy the place in its most natural form—the wind, the sounds, the absence of the hustle and bustle that comes with a beach in India.
I spent a good couple of hours roaming around the empty street, drank a couple of filter coffees. Walked down a wooden walkway straight to the crashing waves – I couldn’t have been happier to see that, given that I didn’t carry any extra shoes with me.
It’s a place I would love to spend every evening at. At the same time, Chennai is not a city I can ever settle in. So the evening was a one-off, but I carried back many memories with me.
