The same driver that took us to the beach yesterday, took us for a drive down East Coast road. This road follows along the ocean and alot for us to see. There was some open space which was a welcome sight, and some smaller villages. There was some construction, as well as some large new buildings which were mostly IT businesses. Of course there were many cows along the side of the road as well...LOL.
this picture is out the car window, the Bay of Bengal-of the Indian Ocean is right there
on to:
CROCODILE BANK
Our first stop was fun. They breed crocodiles, turtles and snakes here.
That is alot of crocodiles!!!! 430 actually
Mugger or marsh crocodile
HUNGRY CROCODILE
gharial and indian flapshell turtle meet
these 2 pics are of small roofed turtles
the above turtle is the indian flapshell in an aquarium
this big fella is an Aldabra Giant Tortoise-they are found only off the east coast of Africa
they can have a shell as long as 5 feet long and weigh as much as 225kg
I have not looked these two birds up yet, but we liked them of course
..and here we are
The next stop was Mahabalipuram, where the Mahabalipuram shore temple is
this view is over to the left of the shore temple
these rock carvings were the perimeter
this beautiful swing was just outside the store by the shore temple
these carvings were made in one rock, at a different site
just on the other side of this dirt, there were ladies picking prawns out of the water with their hands!!
The mahabalipuram light house was built in 1900, is 26m high and it's light shines 24 nautical miles
That is the end of the pics for the day, and although we enjoyed our trip, that was the end of me.
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