Do something different: Go visit some crocodiles, watch classic motorcycles being made, and then taste and buy some local snacks.
Drive 45 kilometres down the East Coast Road outside Chennai to the Madras Crocodile Bank where you can marvel at eighteen crocodilian species, and learn all about their lives and times. You can also adopt a crocodile at this initiative set up by herpetologist Romulus Whitaker.
The classic Enfield Bullet motorcycle is the longest-running model in continuous production – since 1955 – and the factory tour on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month offers fascinating insights into how it is made the old-fashioned way even today.
Chennai’s home-style snacks are meant to keep a long time and eaten at any time of the day. Choose from savoury crunchies like kai murukku (handmade local pretzels) and mulluthenguzhal (rice-flour crisps). They travel well and make great bar snacks.
