Archive for January 3, 2008

Trip to Madras Crocodile Bank and Kovalam Beach

Crocodile Bank and Kovalam Beach

ECR Road, Chennai, India

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Karan, Nivi, Vivek and I visited the Madras (Chennai) Crocodile Bank and near by Kovalam Beach. We spent about an hour at the Bank watching hundreds of muggers (salt water crocodiles), Ganges gharials, American alligators, and caymans.

Then we went to Kovalam Beach and played there for half hour before heading home to Tambaram

Visit Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary

Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary

Tuesday, January 1, 2008, 5 PM

Thiyagu’s family, Usha’s family and I visited the Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary maintained by Tamil Nadu Government. Since it was winter and the season was in full swing with thousands and thousands of storks, herons, spoonbills, cormorants, and other birds. Since we reached late in the evening, all the birds were heading back to their nests and settling down for the night.

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