In late September we made a trip to Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. It is also the sixth largest city in India with 4.6 mln people. The purpose of our trip was to get some of our pasports renewed at the US Consulate. The alternate goal was to take a train ride, because believe it or not, after one year in India our kids still haven't ridden a train. Here are some pics from this trip. Enjoy!
Destination mapped out
At Madurai train station, a lot of excitement
Trying to spot our train at the platform
You probably can't see the sign, it says "Indian Railways Welcome You"
Settling into our seats, still very excited
Yinon is in the middle berth, having some snack before bed
Raphael is ready for the night
The next morning at the hotel in Chennai. We had to "park" them in front of the computer because they were running wild at 6am!
Maya and her Kindle, inseparable
After our business at the consulate was completed, we headed to Chennai beach. This is actually early morning, but it was an overcast day, that's why everything looks so hazy. One of the widest beaches in the world!
Vendors at the Chennai beach, still closed. Most of them actually do sleep in their stalls overnight.
Yinon
After a long walk we finally can see the ocean
Morning walkers just like us
Raphael is trying to keep count of shoes he needs to carry
That is a typical Indian beach, unfortunately. With so much garbage around not very inviting to get into water.
Watching the ocean
I believe Raphael was the photographer of this photo
Sea stars for sale
Maya is super excited to see and touch the sea star
Luckily the sellers were cool about our kids touching their collection and not buying anything
Little walkers
We always get a horse ride!
This is at the Fort St. George museum. Yinon is giving a long explanation of how canons work. Fort St. George was established by the British in 1639, and that's how the city got started. It actually was the first British fortress in India, built right on the coast. In this long tradition Fort St. George is still being used by the military.
Beautiful St. Mary's church, built circa 1680. It is part of the Fort St. George, and was the first Anglican church built in India
The garden was unbelievably lush and green. Some of the plants that I knew as potted plants were as tall as the church itself. You can tell the church and garden have weathered off numerous storms.
Raphael's feet don't walk any more...
Another angle of the church with some impressive plants
Inside St. Mary's church
It's starting to rain, everyone is hiding inside
Eial is exploring some original documents on display inside the church
Eial found some noteworthy records
This is the actual marriage record of Elihu Yale, who later on founded the Yale university
The inside view of the church
The front view of St. Mary's church
Check out the birds hiding from the roof
At the entrance to the church
Plaque with history of the church. Raphael can't decide whether to read Tamil or English...
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