Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

From Chennai to Valathi. About 100 km in 4 hours. Pemy picked me up about 6:30 and off we went. Here is our track

Here are the projects: Schools and Churches. Projects are marked with way point symbols. Over of the symbol and the name is displayed

Driving to Valathi - we visited several churches along the way.

A view of the highway from the church

A nearby whisky factory

The bridge

Church from the bridge

Not much a river, but bathing is possible

The river bed

Faceoff with a tractor

Firewood

Dedication of a new church

Partial structure

Nearby another church beside the old one (with falling roof)

Dedication

Inside the new church.

Village folks across the street

Really neat - a solar powered street lamp

Interesting hat

Hotel for breakfast

An Indian dragonfly

After breakfast, back on the highway and following a truck transporting cattle

Fork in the road

This was fun - a train coming.

But not to be deterred - the motorcycle guys were sliding under the guard rail.

The crossing (I walked around the guard rail

Train is coming

Looking out from the luggage car

Sleeper class

Train passed and walking back to the car, a refreshment stall

Now track walkers abound

track walkers

And ladies bringing stuff for the waiting cars

Tractor traffic

And a cattle crossing

Colorful cow

Moving cattle up the highway

A cattle herd

Water buckets for sale

To Melmalaiyanur

The queens's castle

Herding goats

Hanging on

Riding with a card of sand

And finally - Valathi

Ironing

Getting water from the truck

Cooking paratha over a fire

10 years ago, this guy taught me how to make paratha

VOCM main church

VOCM pastors

VOCM pastors

A sawmill

Sawing

Planing

Sawing

Small thatched roof homes

Fresh chicken

Fresh vegetables

Valathi now has autos

C. Frank Starmer

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