| This is the Canadian International School in
Bangalore. We studied here and lived at the hostel down the road.
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| Our hostel on the left. |
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| The road to the school and most of Bangalore
is experiencing a building boom, but unlike North America, most of the work
is done manually. This woman is sifting sand for a concrete building.
It is
progressing at an astonishing rate with very little heavy equipment. It is
strangely quiet for a construction site. |
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| Modern concrete and steel construction with
retro hand made scaffolding and bracing. Labour is much cheaper than
machinery. |
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| This is the street that we walk from the
hostel to the school. |
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| Here is a typical scene on Bellary road, a
street a couple of kilometres from the school. |
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| Mr. Praveen teaches us the fundamentals of
cricket. |
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| Here we are visiting Lalbagh Botanical
Gardens in Bangalore |
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| This is a market on Kodegehali Road near the
school. |
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| Our morning walk to the school for
breakfast. |
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| There are dogs everywhere. They seem
to be well fed, shy mannered and very traffic savvy. |
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| Enjoying the construction sand. |
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| Granite mountains on the road to Mysore. |
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| Silk cocoon market on the way to Mysore. |
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| Open mine on the road to Mysore. |
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| Hill temple in Mysore. |
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| View from hill temple, Mysore. |
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| Maharaja's guest house seen from the Hill
Temple, Mysore. |
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| Our students are doing community service at
Parikrma, an impressive local school for under-served children. |
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| There are three schools serving about 700
children who live in slums or an orphanage that the school funds. |
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| This translates roughly from Kannada as
"School alone is not enough. Family, community all help to raise a child." |
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| The school is bright, colourful and well
maintained with a guard and numerous trained staff. Some staff have graduate
degrees in social work. |
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| The school foundation, with corporate and
other funding, supplies uniforms, two meals a day and a protein drink before
they leave school. The 47 orphans are bused to and from the orphanage. Our
students accompany them and help with homework after school. They are super
eager and hold your hands whenever possible. |
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| Lunch time cleanup at Parikrma. |
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| Working on math. |
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| An artist teaches at the school. He had them
drawing their dreams when we first visited. The students are encouraged to
dream beyond their current circumstances. |
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| Our students helped create posters, organize
resources and other jobs at the school. |
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| Pimp this ride! See you soon. |
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