Sunday Walk

I awoke at about 6:30 and lounge until about 9:00 when I prepared to go forth on the explore. From my past visit I did have some lay of the land. I fired up my GPS a located the hotel so that if I got lost I could navigate back home. I walked the ATM - out of service - so I walked further to the other ATM - Cash in hand I hired an auto-rickshaw to a trip to Spencers Plaza - the 36000sq' largest mall in India. A 3 story combination of the A modern mall and a street market. Some large shops but mostly small shops. As I was there before 10:00 many had not opened and the ones that had say a good opportunity to get the early shopper. After too much walking and seeing no deals I decided to walk on foot the the instrument store I had previously scoped in Mylapore. After the 33 deg walk I arrived at the closed store - I took the risk and - well I will try again Tues - Vowing not to be deterred by the heat and dirt and traffic and misdirection I followed my primitive GPS back to the hotel. The 6km walk had beat me and I headed for the shower and a cooler - bad - lunch in at the hotel. It is mid afternoon and I feel more like sleeping than touring.
Typical westerners would certainly describe Chennai as a dirty city, but as you look around at the people, houses, cars you see that they are trying. The ladies and boys sweep their shops and homes every day but you just can expect the sanitized NA picture. This is the real world. What we have in NA is the Saran Wrap view of reality. I am too tired to make up some significant culture essay so I'll just have some more water and lie down.