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Welcome Band At Chennai Port |
The day started with the usual routine of going out on deck to watch the arrival of the ship in Chennai, India. The Pilot boat and tugs started arriving at 7:00 AM and we docked at 8:00 AM on schedule. As the ship was tying up to the pier, a group of musicians assembled and played welcoming tunes for us.
We had an orientation of the city as the planned event for today and boarded the tour bus shortly after the ship was cleared by Custom officials. Chennai is a city of 7 million people most of who own a motor scooter or motorcycle and it seems that they all drive on the streets as the same time. There also appears to be little order to the traffic and the lines on the road are merely decorations. Traffic goes in all directions at the same time in what appears to be a well-choreographed dance. The appearance of the traffic to those of us uninitiated to the chaos seems to be just that – appearance. In reality everybody obeys some sort of traffic etiquette, traffic does move along and people actually get to where they are going with a lot of honking but little damage to themselves or their vehicle. The Orientation tour was interesting and gave us a look at many of the sites of the city.
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| Port Entrance at Chennai, India |
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