Doing Morning Washing

Doing morning washing

Crossing The Railroad Tracks

Passengers crossing the railroad tracks--who needs an overpass?

Grace and the Volunteers

Grace peeling a coconut for the volunteers

Jumping

Sports practice at the school

Old Age Home Residents and Students

Group picture of old age home residents and students 

Members of the Junior Red Cross Visiting the Old Age Home

Members of the Junior Red Cross watching a show with residents of the Old Age Home

Train Ride

Train ride back to Vallioor

Train Ride

Train ride back to Vallioor

Shopkeeper

Shopkeeper in Varkala

Kickboxing Class

The school girls in my early morning kickboxing class at dinner

Carrying Things

Carrying things on one's head is common.  Good posture is important!

Children Playing

Young school children playing in the afternoon.  The children are in their Wednesday uniforms.

Scouts' Outing to Clean Up Litter and Plant Trees

Working hard to sweep and clean up the litter only to throw it over a nearby wall.

Scouts' Outing to Clean Up Litter and Plant Trees

Scouts singing.

Scouts' Outing to Clean Up Litter and Plant Trees

Scouts lined up at the beginning of the program.

Baby Bananas

Baby bananas are everywhere.

Making Chippati

The dough

Making Chippati

Making chippati in the kitchen, my favorite thing to do each day

Lunch Time

The children eating lunch

Children at the Government School

Some of the children at the government school

Student Teachers and Me

Student teachers and me at the government school.

The Local Government School

The local government school

On the Train to Valliyor

On the train to Valliyor

The Sea Cliff

The sea cliff in Varkala

Varkala, along the Arabian Sea

Varkala, along the Arabian Sea

Third Class

On a third class Indian sleeper train 

Staff Volleyball Game

Women have no workout attire.

Musical Chairs

Female teachers played a competitive game of musical chairs in which I participated.

After the Game

A tired group of teachers after the game

Fill the Water Bottle

Hard work

Teachers' Day

The male teachers played a game of  "fill the water bottle" in front of the whole school.  The day's events were orchestrated by the oldest children in the school.

The Supermarket

Outside the supermarket, looking at the display

Inside the Post Office

Inside the post office

The Post Office

The post office in Valliyor, the nearby town.

The Statue

The statue that saved people from the tsunami when they stood behind it.

Where the Three Waters Meet

Kamyakumari, the southern tip of India, where the three waters meet.  They are the Bay of Bengal,  the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean.

The buses

We stood in the front of the bus with many people, the bus driver and the motor.  All the buses have manual transmissions and there is a small hole around the gear shift so one can see how the gear shift is attached to the engine.  Some of the handles with which one holds on with are broken.  The Indian people are more aggressive than New Yorkers!  Before they get on the bus they shove their bags through the windows to save their seats.  And no matter how crowded the bus is, a man comes around and collects a fare from each person.

The Bus

The buses have no doors!

Our Tour Guides

Two of the girls from the Trust were our tour guides.

Going to Kamyakumari

The bus stop in Nagriol

Singing a Song

And old age home resident singing a song

The Old Age Home

Watching a show at the old age home

Members of the Junior Red Cross Club

Students, part of the Junior Red Cross Club, on their way to visit an old age home for the poor

On the Bus

On the school bus

A Cool Day

A cool day back at the Trust