3-star hotel does not mean fancy

We planned on staying at a fairly nice hotel tonight in Viluppuram, but it was already full when we got here and trying to find another in the chaos of the city was going to be a challenge. So we ended up at a very neglected “3-Star” (on Google) hotel that at least had a good-sized parking lot and is a bit off the noisy main road. And has AC. This area has lots of mosquitoes, including in our room, so we picked up some mosquito room spray and a citronella diffuser at a local store. Don’t worry, we are taking our malaria pills daily! In this city there are sewer/runoff trenches running under the sidewalk, with gaps here and there. Must be mosquito heaven. 😬

We made great time today (300+ km) and hope to get an early start and a truly “luxurious” hotel for tomorrow night. I’ll add more photos from this afternoon when I have a better cell signal or WiFi.Read more