I met up with Alyssa in London and we flew together to chennai (sorry my capital "c" doesn't work). We arrived at 3:30 am (local time) and got all of our bags relatively quickly (thank goodness). Then we exited the airport and tried to find our driver in the midst of a ton of people waiting for their families to arrive. But we found him and he took us to the Marriott. The drive was insane! It was close to 5 am but there were still a lot of people around. It seems like the lines in the roads are merely there for decoration and honking every few seconds means "move out of the way I am going to squeeze between you (a scooter) and a big bus". Our room was very nice, unfortunately we could only sleep for 3 hours before we had to get up and catch our bus to RSO.
How many buses and scooters can we squish into two lanes?
cows are everywhere!
On the way to RSO.
Perry Matriculation School. This is where the students go to school.
I am on the top bunk.
After we settled in and changed into our "chudidars" we went to play time.
The kids are all so sweet and excited to see us. They call out, "Auntie, Auntie, come push me." Each night we eat dinner on the roof of the elephant house (where we sleep). It is so beautiful, we are surrounded by palm trees and lots of mango trees. And the Indian dinners are so delicious!!!! After dinner we go to the children's dorms and help them with homework and put them to bed. They sleep on mats on the floor and the littlest ones fall asleep right at 8 o'clock, all lined up in a row. :) We were all so tired that after our bucket showers we went straight to sleep.
Mary Katherine,
ReplyDeleteYour writing is so professional and insightful. I love the picture of you in your scarlet "chudidar" pushing the little boys in the swings. The scalloped neckline is very flattering.
MK's new nick name. Mary KathINDIA