Day 2 in Sri Lanka,24 September 2013

Day 2 in Sri Lanka was supposed to be our R&R day. We went to temples and also saw many beautiful places. Some of the things we saw surprised us as we were not expecting to see such beautiful places.

Pictures of some of the temples we visited.

This is the place where we were so amazed by the beauty of Sri Lanka. It was 40 km road is was surrounded by water. We were really amazed, everyone had their cameras out and were snapping away.

The most beautiful 40 km I have taken

The clearwater

Famous Sri Lankan crabs come from here!

We had to take boat ride to one of the temples which was located on a island. We were so privileged as the we got the opportunity to sit on the boat of the Sri Lankan Navy!

Navy personnel with Mr Teoh & Bante

Hi!

Walking to the boat

The water looked so good that Jeremy wanted to take a dip!

After sightseeing, Bante suggested to us that we go to school which was nearby.While going there, we saw many trees with the top part missing. We thought they were probably dead but when Bante explained to us that the top part of the trees were missing because they were blown off. The tamil tigers hid on the top of the trees to kill the soldiers from the Sri Lankan army, to counter that, the Sri Lankan army used to destroy the top part of the trees.

See the difference?

Bante explaining to us about the trees

Sensing that the mood was solemn, Mr Teoh cheered everyone up by singing!

The highlight our second day was the visit to the school.Here are the pictures,

School board

Mr Teoh being welcomed by the principal of the school

Vidya explaining to the kids why we're here

The students

Giving out donations from Singaporeans

The wooden board you see in the middle is the partition for different classes

Hi 10!

Talking to the students

Our students talking to the principal

Mr Teoh talking to the teachers

Group photo

After visiting the school, we did some reflections. The students here did not have  proper classrooms. There was a small hall, and the wooden board was the partition between the classes. 4 classes would go on together. How did these students actually study? We are very lucky, yet we complain about the smallest things. We learnt to appreciate the things we had back home.