Hi all
I thought we would post now as we are leaving for Ooty on sunday evening for the camp at Avalanche and to meet friends in Ooty also. Then on to Kerela and back to Chennai to fly home!
We arrived in Bangalore on wednesday morning pretty early after getting a train from Chennai at 9.30pm. The train was surprisingly on time and well organised, stuck onto the train carriage near the door was the seat bookings for the carriage and destinations and so on.
The indian railway caters for over 1 Billion people, so they are doing pretty well!
We arrived in bangalore at around 3.30am where Raj met us at the station after calling me to let me know our train was arriving at the station as we spoke!
Raj ran to catch up with our carriage as it arrived and we off loaded our many bags!
We arrived at Raj's place and then went for a sleep for some time until around 12 noon.
That Afternoon mum went on Raj's motorbike through the city, where she would never do so
in england... they went to the Divya Shanti school nearby where they were having their sports day. She was shown around the school and met a number of orphan kids, one who has only been rescued the week before. Mum took video's and some pictures to show back home.
That afternoon we took rickshaws to do yet more shopping to get some indian sheets and see the commercial district.
Thursday we travelled with some friends of Raj, including Nandu., and Stevie who has ownership of a potential camp site land that we had a look at. This made Norman somewhat excited and for a moment forgetful about his own boat projects...
I thought we would post now as we are leaving for Ooty on sunday evening for the camp at Avalanche and to meet friends in Ooty also. Then on to Kerela and back to Chennai to fly home!
We arrived in Bangalore on wednesday morning pretty early after getting a train from Chennai at 9.30pm. The train was surprisingly on time and well organised, stuck onto the train carriage near the door was the seat bookings for the carriage and destinations and so on.
The indian railway caters for over 1 Billion people, so they are doing pretty well!
We arrived in bangalore at around 3.30am where Raj met us at the station after calling me to let me know our train was arriving at the station as we spoke!
Raj ran to catch up with our carriage as it arrived and we off loaded our many bags!
We arrived at Raj's place and then went for a sleep for some time until around 12 noon.
That Afternoon mum went on Raj's motorbike through the city, where she would never do so
in england... they went to the Divya Shanti school nearby where they were having their sports day. She was shown around the school and met a number of orphan kids, one who has only been rescued the week before. Mum took video's and some pictures to show back home.That afternoon we took rickshaws to do yet more shopping to get some indian sheets and see the commercial district.
Thursday we travelled with some friends of Raj, including Nandu., and Stevie who has ownership of a potential camp site land that we had a look at. This made Norman somewhat excited and for a moment forgetful about his own boat projects...
We continued to the Nandi Hills, around 3000 feet or more. We drove to the top to be 
greeted by many nosey monkeys. Some of these would do almost anything for a meal... including mounting one couples lunch table!
The view of the region from the hills was stunning and pretty high!
On the way back we visited an aids orphanage and centre called 'Accept'. We played with the kids and showed them some magic tricks, including a few from the so called 'uncle Raj' who had been once before.
The centre is destined to close due to the government building a highway to the new international airport, this seems a bit unethical as pay off's are not sufficient to rebuild facilities elsewhere...
The surrounding highways were well maintained, although they had speed bumps near most junctions for so called traffic calming, this means going from 60km to 10km in a short space of time! This is not too enjoyable when in the back seats of a jeep...
All this was done in a rented taxi, which only cost a small amount for the whole day!
That evening we went out for a steak dinner at 'millers' restaurant; This wasn't very indian... We all ate to our hearts content!
On friday am we attended a meeting of the Fellowship of Christian centres in Bangalore. Discussions were about how they could assist and encourage one another, and how to bring others doing camps or running centres into the group.
In the afternoon we went to Breakthrough which is the centre that i have worked at earlier.
Norman had been there 10 years before when it was only a bare site, so it was amazing to see the low and high ropes, accommodation and Zip line which we all tested out!! That evening we stayed at breakthrough catching up with old friends; some of which are now married, or have older children.
Today, Saturday we have been relaxing after a long day on friday. This morning we went out for an indian breakfast at my favourite eating place 'Shanti Sagar' where we had Dose (dough-say) and some other foods.
After that Me Andy and Norman had a haircut and a shave, along with an indian head massage! Mum watched on, bemused as to how the so called 'massage' could be beneficial; but it was still good and surprisingly relieving on the head!
This evening we are celebrating my birthday early with friends from bangalore before we leave on sunday. We plan to have much food and fun this evening!
Sunday we are going to Raj's church in the morning and leaving for Ooty in the late evening.
We hope for safe travels and hopefully to sleep on the overnight bus...
I apologise for the lack of photo's and I plan up upload some onto this post when i find a computer that isn't broken...
Much love
Charlie D
Norman, Rosslyn and Andy
xxx
greeted by many nosey monkeys. Some of these would do almost anything for a meal... including mounting one couples lunch table!The view of the region from the hills was stunning and pretty high!
On the way back we visited an aids orphanage and centre called 'Accept'. We played with the kids and showed them some magic tricks, including a few from the so called 'uncle Raj' who had been once before.
The centre is destined to close due to the government building a highway to the new international airport, this seems a bit unethical as pay off's are not sufficient to rebuild facilities elsewhere...
The surrounding highways were well maintained, although they had speed bumps near most junctions for so called traffic calming, this means going from 60km to 10km in a short space of time! This is not too enjoyable when in the back seats of a jeep...
All this was done in a rented taxi, which only cost a small amount for the whole day!
That evening we went out for a steak dinner at 'millers' restaurant; This wasn't very indian... We all ate to our hearts content!
On friday am we attended a meeting of the Fellowship of Christian centres in Bangalore. Discussions were about how they could assist and encourage one another, and how to bring others doing camps or running centres into the group.
In the afternoon we went to Breakthrough which is the centre that i have worked at earlier.
Norman had been there 10 years before when it was only a bare site, so it was amazing to see the low and high ropes, accommodation and Zip line which we all tested out!! That evening we stayed at breakthrough catching up with old friends; some of which are now married, or have older children.
Today, Saturday we have been relaxing after a long day on friday. This morning we went out for an indian breakfast at my favourite eating place 'Shanti Sagar' where we had Dose (dough-say) and some other foods.
After that Me Andy and Norman had a haircut and a shave, along with an indian head massage! Mum watched on, bemused as to how the so called 'massage' could be beneficial; but it was still good and surprisingly relieving on the head!
This evening we are celebrating my birthday early with friends from bangalore before we leave on sunday. We plan to have much food and fun this evening!
Sunday we are going to Raj's church in the morning and leaving for Ooty in the late evening.
We hope for safe travels and hopefully to sleep on the overnight bus...
I apologise for the lack of photo's and I plan up upload some onto this post when i find a computer that isn't broken...
Much love
Charlie D
Norman, Rosslyn and Andy
xxx
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