Sticky in Chennai

Here's Ian exasperated. We went to buy tickets for the cartoon blockbuster hit "Hanuman", the story of the half man half monkey god. This is the parking lot of a major multiplex showing many foreign and local movies. The multiplex from the inside and the screening rooms themselves is very much like most multiplexes in the U.S.
The parking lot however is another story. Here we are stuck, surrounded by parked cars around our parked car. There is no way out. The parking lot attendants told us to park here. We mentioned we were just buying tickets. They said that is fine. We return 10 minutes later to see we are blocked in every direction. Of course we are not the only ones and there are plenty of others annoyed at the situation. The parking lot attendants are all smiles and embarassed. I pull out the camera as this will be a funny blog post for the little details about life in Chennai. One of the parking attendants tells me to put away the camera as photography is not allowed. Too late, I snapped the photo. Later, we did see "Hanuman" and enjoyed it very much though it reminded me how confused I will always be despite my attempts at learning who is who in Hindu stories. I think I have a few characters down and then I see something that let's me know I have it all wrong. The movie show itself was interesting, especially the commercials which I had forgotten are slated before each commercial starts. The interval, completely unnecessary for a children's one and half hour film, was fun to watch as we could see the little tots that were making all the noise in the theatre. It was good wholesome fun and the floors were sticky just like home.