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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Chennai, India
Morning for leisure. Afternoon visit Dakshina Chitra, just beside the home. A beautiful outdoor museum giving you glimpses of traditional village life in South India.
Moonrise at MGM. Dinner.
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Chennai, India
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Mahabalipuram, India
Morning visit “Arjuna’s Penance”, a huge bas-relief cut out of hard granite rock, the Five Rathas and the Shore Temple.
Late lunch at Mahabalipuram. If interested, stroll through the quaint town and watch the stone carvers at work. On the way back, you can stop at the crocodile farm.
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Chennai, India
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Kanchipuram, India
Leave early morning to Kanchipuram, the “Golden City” with more than 100 temples. Visit the “largest”, Shree Ekambareshwaram temple, the “oldest”, Kailasanatha temple and the “most beautiful” one, Shree Varadaraja temple. See one of the many weaving centers for the famous Kanchipuram silk sarees as well as for “Madras Caro” cotton.
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Chennai, India
Leisure
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Chennai, India
Visit the Kapaleshwara Temple in Mylapore and, if time allows, the Koyambedu wholesale market for flowers, fruits and vegetable. Lunch at Marina, an excellent fish restaurant. Afternoon visit Marina Beach, the Cathedral, drive past the Fort St. George. Take a drink at Presidency Club or Amethyst. Proceed home after business hours (due to traffic).
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Puducherry (Pondicherry), India
Morning drive to Pondicherry, a charming picture of a quaint French town with its neat, cobbled streets, elegant houses, policemen with red kepis, quaint signboards, statues of Dupleix and Joan of Arc and pretty gardens. The town is divided into the French Quarter (Ville Blanche) and the Indian quarter (Ville Noire). The Aurobindo Ashram founded by Sri Aurobindo in 1926, and Auroville (10 km away) with its quiet spiritual experience, draw people from all over the world.
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Thanjavur, India
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Madurai, India
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Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
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Sri Pada / Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka
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Ella, Sri Lanka
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Galle, Sri Lanka
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Chennai, India