On 19th of June, we went to the Mahapalipuram to see the religious statues. The tour guide says it is like one of the seven wonders of the world. There’s an amazing balancing rock called the “butterball”. Since it was above a steep and slippery slope, the climb up was a struggle but sliding down was AWESOME! We enjoyed it very much and most of us climbed up again just to slide down. We did a little shopping at the street shop. The things that were sold were cheap, so spending our money was not a problem. We then went to another place to see another statue. The tour guide says that actually the statues were all under the sand and it was the king who built them. My group wondered about how the king manage to built it. We saw the statues of the goat, cow, lion, elephant and the wild boar. The tour guide interpreted the illustration of the statues and we find it interesting and meaningful.
Then we visited the temple and the church at Mylapore. The temple was very strict as we cannot wear shoe inside. All of us were not used to being barefooted outside and we had difficulty walking on the hot surface. The temple is very big and walking is tiring. I salute all of them. There were goats and cows. Some of us got the chance to feed it. The goats tongue has two colors. On top is black and at the bottom is pink, interesting goat. After that we go St Thomas church to see his tomb. It was surprising to find out that there is Christians in India. We learnt about the history of St Thomas and it was enjoyable.
The best yet a scary place was the second longest beach in the world. It is very long and it is impossible to walk from east to west. The beach is really different from Singapore as there a lot of roadside shops. There was a mini funfair and the cute thing was, the rides were manual. Also, there are horses that public can ride but sadly we can’t. The unexpected and shocking thing that happen, there were A LOT of kids aged 6-8 years old came begging us for money. But we were not allowed to give them anything, therefore we moved away. However, they followed us wherever we went. Most of us were shocked but we had to reject them. It was really heart-wrenching to see them begging at a young age. It taught us to be appreciative of what we have now compared to them.
Then we visited the temple and the church at Mylapore. The temple was very strict as we cannot wear shoe inside. All of us were not used to being barefooted outside and we had difficulty walking on the hot surface. The temple is very big and walking is tiring. I salute all of them. There were goats and cows. Some of us got the chance to feed it. The goats tongue has two colors. On top is black and at the bottom is pink, interesting goat. After that we go St Thomas church to see his tomb. It was surprising to find out that there is Christians in India. We learnt about the history of St Thomas and it was enjoyable.
The best yet a scary place was the second longest beach in the world. It is very long and it is impossible to walk from east to west. The beach is really different from Singapore as there a lot of roadside shops. There was a mini funfair and the cute thing was, the rides were manual. Also, there are horses that public can ride but sadly we can’t. The unexpected and shocking thing that happen, there were A LOT of kids aged 6-8 years old came begging us for money. But we were not allowed to give them anything, therefore we moved away. However, they followed us wherever we went. Most of us were shocked but we had to reject them. It was really heart-wrenching to see them begging at a young age. It taught us to be appreciative of what we have now compared to them.
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