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Route: Chennai - Dubai
Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER (A6-END), 11 years at the time of departure
Livery: Normal
Date of Departure: November...

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The next day we have moved into Raintree in Anna Salai. My mom left 2 days before back to the US via Dubai (A6-ECZ & A6-EUW). The reason for the extended...

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Most of Saturday (yesterday) was really a down day as we went to Woodlands with my dad's side of the family.

Starting with the hotel breakfast...

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Most of Black Friday was a down day for me but not my parents. They had to do some more shopping but they observed how crowded it was compared to the...

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A few views to greet the next day morning.

Atrium at the Hyatt:



View from the room and that faces the swimming...

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Heading out of the airport into Anna Salai & Mount Road, here are some pictures of Chennai in the daytime (last few trips it was either the early...

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Around 12PM, we boarded our Air India flight for Chennai. It was an Airbus A321 (VT-PPW), which was a 12 year old plane. I didn't take too many pictures...

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The next day, mid-week on Wednesday, we left Bangalore for Chennai. Generally loved Bangalore due to the pleasant climate and cooler nights. Mysuru was...

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The next day we went to Mysuru (Mysore), which is a 2 hour car journey from Bangalore.

We hired a hotel car to take us there. Started around...

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The next day, we were able to eat breakfast at the hotel. After sometime in the afternoon, not shown we had a family lunch outside the hotel at a place...

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We had dinner at Paakashala - dosa and cream of tomato soup along with curd...

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We eventually headed back to the hotel and got a new room of 240, which was the Larger room we booked since we had 4 baggages.

Here's the...

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As we start out the next set in Bangalore on a Saturday morning, our journey to the hotel began around 10AM and with the traffic, it took 1 hour to reach...

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Thoughts on the second leg?

Service was pretty quick and good. I enjoyed the food and good to get glimpses of the sunrise and daybreak. The...

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Very soon around 7:45AM, the captain came with his announcement that we'd be landing on schedule around 8:45AM. Around 8:30AM we began our descent into...

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The compass is different than the 3D version on the A380:





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Breakfast served (Went with the lobia masala and laccha paratha with paneer tikki):


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Flight: Emirates flight EK564
Route: Dubai - Bengaluru
Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER (A6-EGP), 11.5 years at the time of departure
Livery:...

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Thoughts on the first sector?

It was nice to have a window seat on the A380 for once. However, the issue with the windows on the A380 is...

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A few pictures of the Emirates' A380 Voyager 3D map while going. Note that unlike previous times, this flight is NOT going polar. Instead, it's flying...