There's a plethora of Beach resorts all along the East Coast Road. Have visited the MGM Beach Resort in Muttukadu, so the
lush-green-lawn-running-parallel-to-an-endless-coastline-concept was not new. Fortunately, todays visit to Temple Bay, in Mamallapuram, only made for a better experience.

The place being far from Chennai, one can really cherish the solitude. Kerala-style sloping roofed rooms that look out to the sea. Undulating lawns (100m across - of welcoming grass). A neat row of coconut trees. And finally a beach, where, if you walk a kilometre to your right, you hit the Mahabalipuram Shore temple. Alternately, if you chose to walk left, you could tire yourself out in the quest to sight another human.. waah.