A grossly mismanaged project took me to Coimbatore few days ago. although ive had short aquaintances with the city recently, this time it was an extended stay (i think 4 days felt like ive know this place for ages)!
Wasnt prepared for the pleasant surprises in store for me..For a start the hotel i checked in (Aar Vee) had a very modest facade, but
Rooms- Neat and very well equipped *****
Room Service- Very Good ****
Food- havent had such wonderful idlies in a long long time. Filter Coffee at its best! *****
Tariffs are a bit high, but I guess Coimbatore has always been a place for the above middle-class clan.
I love the thamizh spoken here..sounds like music to the ears (atleast mine)..always thought kollywood exaggerated the kovai dialect in all its movies..to listen exactly the same language was wonderful.
auto drivers are friendly and a bit laid back for sure.
the biggest surprise for me was the traffic management..handful of cops (young girls resembling NCC cadets) manning traffic signals, control the pedestrian movement impeccably. As a guy ud think its easy to cross the roads by not paying attention to these young ladies. gross misjudgement!! A middleaged man next to me was trying to cross the road inspite of seeing the rushing vehicles.there was a loud shriek from the opposite side and the man actually froze thinking he'd be convicted of murder if he dared to take another step..Wow, this was a very new and exciting (yes u heard me) xpreience for me!! As my auto stopped at a traffic signal, another girl in kakhis walked up to a guy in a moped to ensure tht he wore the helmet which was parked on his handlebar. Imagine a similar scene in chennai...the pot bellied cop wouldve extracted atleast three rupees and 50 paisa from the motorist.
On the whole, I think Coimbatore is definitely on the list of top 3 cities tht id like to live in.
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