The Water Park was such a successful trip I decided to take a group on an overnight trip to the beach, 32 children & 4 teachers to Mandamarni in two buses along with two cooks & two helpers.
Leaving at 9.30am we didn’t arrive until 3pm as the driver took a wrong turn!
After a late lunch the children raced to the beach & screamed & jumped with joy in the rough salty Bay of Bengal.
It was very windy so the plastic balls, Frisbees & plastic crickets sets were abandoned.
By 5.30pm the sky darkened with black clouds – the thunder, lightning & heavy downpour was a welcomed relief after the week long heat wave of temps in the high 30’sC with humidity around 75%.
The children were amazing as they washed their clothes & hung them out to dry along with cleaning the sand off the floor of their hotel room.
I was embarrassed that the tiled floor of my room was sandy & unclean but I didn’t have a rag to wipe the floor with!
After a snack of noodles at 7pm we ate dinner at 9pm! Then it was off to the park to play on the swings & slides.
The next morning the children knocked on my door at 6.30am. I asked them to return at 7am which they did despite breakfast not being served till 8am!
Then it was back to the beach. By 10.30am they had enough. Lunch was at 1230 before boarding the bus to head back to the city.
A tired bunch with most sleeping the first couple of hours of the 5 hour journey back.
Having a waterproof camera a lot of photos & videos were taken so the next 3 days I spent recovering in the hotel & working on the photos to show the children on the big screen.
It was a shame we couldn’t get the projector working. They were still able to watch themselves on my laptop. They were so funny, screaming with delight at watching themselves.
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