Madras Rains

In November, during the festival of Deepavalli, Chennai enjoyed lots and lots of rain. And I truly mean enjoyed. It was lovely listening to the rain and watching it and feeling the cool weather.

I visited a store in the Luz Area and took this photo from there showing just how much rain Chennai was subjected to.


As I was leaving the store, they had closed the main entrance which led out onto the main road because it was flooded. They told us all to leave through the back door. And they had posted this in main entrance, which was quite funny!

Rainy Days

Chennai is lovely during the monsoon. You wake up to dark clouds, thunder and lightning. And then sip hot tea while watching the rain and listening to it all around you!


My daughter saw the rains for the first time today and was completely amazed. Kept looking between me and the rain with this delighted look (where's the video camera when you need it?). She wanted to go crawling around in the water and try and catch it in her palms.

Another great thing to do in the rainy season, is curl up with a warm blanket and a good trashy magazine!