Arrived in Chennai!

All in all, it was a pretty smooth journey here to Chennai.  I'm comfortably settled in to my room here at The Raintree Hotel.  I'll be here for 4 days to get over my jet lag.  I decided to give myself lots of time to adjust, so I can be in fine form for the rest of the trip!

The flights (total 18+ hours in the air) were comfortable and I actually slept a fair amount.  The views arriving in Hong Kong were amazing, even though it was almost dark at landing.
I did have a bit of a scare when my luggage did not arrive on the carousel in Chennai.  Did I mention it was around 1:30 am?  I ended up in line to make a baggage claim.  I was showing the airline worker a photo of my bag, when the carousel started again and out came my bag.  The airline worker saw it come down and went running to fetch it for me :)  What a nice welcome to India to have that kind of service!  And the driver I booked was there waiting for me outside security.  He was sending me What's App messages to say where to find him, and I was able to tell him I was delayed due to the baggage snafu, so helpful!! 
Breakfast at the hotel this morning was delicious, I tried both the fresh watermelon and fresh cucumber juice, and had 2 cappuccinos.  Just trying to stay hydrated! 

Probably won't be doing much today except adjusting.  Will post again soon!

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