Checking in: GRT Grand Chennai
On our second stay in Chennai on this trip we wanted to be more in the center of town than the Radisson Blu at the...
Chennai
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A day at the movies, India style
With Tropical Cyclone Thane bearing down on the coast of Chennai our regularly scheduled touristing options were pretty much dead. Well, I suppose we could...
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In Flight: Flying out of the storm on SriLankan
An image like this near your airport is simply not good. Flying out of a tropical cyclone almost guarantees an adventure. About the best thing...
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Lounge hopping at the Chennai airport
With the city besieged by a tropical cyclone and some uncertainty about the drivability of the roads we set off early for the airport. The...
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My wife, the movie star
Or maybe a rock star. Or some other sort of star. At least in India. Seriously, if you’re ever looking for some attention I highly...
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Checking in: Radisson Blu GRT Chennai
Our Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt landed at Chennai’s international airport a few minutes prior to midnight. Our flight the following morning to Kochi was at...
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I had thought India was getting too easy
The first few days of this trip seemed too easy. Yes, there were the typical problems that happen, mostly associated with my being an awful...
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Controlled chaos: Flying domestic in India
Actually, the suggestion that the chaos is under control is probably unfair. There was a tiny semblance of order, but it was only because I...
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Appetizers over Charlottetown (in-flight: EWR-FRA)
Flights from New York City to western Europe are generally too short for anything remotely resembling a good night’s rest. In many cases even a...
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The many different prices of a flight
I like to think that I have a pretty solid grasp of how revenue and inventory management work together within the airlines to control the...