Mangalore (Karnataka), India - December 14th 2006

I went to visit the city museum, a three-story building in a hill, wonderful location with great views of the city. The entrance fee was 2 rupies, that is about US$0.04. There were lots of period furniture, deities, children toys, masks, puppettes, etc.
I walked from there to St. Alysius College chapel, also located onanother hill. This is another beautiful private school. The chappel has some wonderful frescoes on the walls and ceiling, very impressive, and some students in saris were praying in the hope to pass their exams. I asked one of them to take a picture of me near an angel on one side, and Sta. Theresa on the other.
On my way out, I passed by a classroom and the students, young men. were having lunch in their stainless steel plates brought from home, and they they saw me started to scream and smile and got very excited, so I got my camera out and took a picture of them. The teacher looked as young as them. They all wore very nice uniforms.
In the afternoon, I went to Ulla beach, a nice, peaceful beach, 15 km. out of town, and I was the only one in the water. The few people that walked by, looked at me like they have never seen a person in a bathing suit, and the few children coming from school in the way home, were asking for pens to write.