Day 3 in Kodai

 This is the last day that we will all be together.

Note the sliver moon

Paul Z and Ros

I love our morning sunrise watching and coffee group. Don joined us

The weather has been great.  Not too cold in the morning.  A sweater has been good enough. I was not expecting it to be so warm during the day.

St Peters church near us was closed yesterday and someone told us it would be open today so a group of people went up before breakfast.  I didn't go.  Vivian sent me these pictures.

We headed to breakfast

I had my usual 2 pancakes, 1 fried egg, and filter coffee for breakfast.  The first morning I ordered one pancake, not realizing how small it was.  

Every morning they give us a fruit plate.

When taking our order the waiter enters it all on his cell phone.

Paul is placing his order.

Jon left after breakfast.  He was going straight home.  

At 9:30 am, Bruce came to pick us up to go see a demonstration on a smokeless stove installation.  Very impressive demonstration.  We went to a family's home and all gathered in.  Ann talked about the purpose.  More deaths because of smoke than other causes of death, especially with children.  To have a smokeless stove installed the family has to contribute with money and help.  

We are all crammed in

Ann Peck is in charge of the program. 

Already a bunch of work has been done. 

Little kid of the house on a cell phone.  Goal is to save the kid's life.

Sheila is the medical person on staff

Smokeless stove draws the smoke away from the room and out the chimney

Paul Z helping to bring in rocks

Sullivan and Sheila

The family served us tea and cookies, all 16 of us. We left after that. The next job would be to attach the chimney, cut a hole in the tin roof,  The things the family will need to remember is to have something on both "burners", clean out the ash and keep the fire in as far as possible.  The whole stove set-up costs about $50.  

It was very interesting.  Ann (Bruce's wife) was very passionate about the subject. She is doing something to save children's lives, one family at a time.  Smokeless stoves

We then walked to George's Gourmet Kitchen for pizza.  George Penner is from the class of 69.  He lives in Kodai now.  He helped to start a computer and english literacy program as well as many other things.  He opened his restaurant about 6 months ago.

Quite the colorful house

Steet sweeper

George Penner

They grow their own basil

The pizza oven

Paul Z, Janet, Paul H and Don got their pizza first.

Vivian and Jewel ordered a roasted vegetable and we ordered a margarita pizza.  We shared.  I guess I forgot to take a picture.

They have been making several products long before the restaurant opened: ketchup, mustard, hot sauce, pesto, and pizza sauce.  

It was good pizza.  I wonder how many Indians they get in there. 

Once we were back at the Villa George and I walked to the school to look for Elaine's book.  We also found an ATM.  Elaine, they never received your book, "Letters from India".  Manjusha did a bunch of super sleuthing.  

We got back to the Villa Retreat just in time to join the group walking around the lake.  That was a long 3 miles.  

Bryant Park 

Yellow wagtail bird.

Paul Z 

Tim

Sidewalk closed

New fence and sidewalk that is slowly being installed.

Pink pagoda boathouse

Gate to Winsford compound

We went to the Sterling Restaurant for our last dinner together.  It was on the other side of the lake.  After all the walking, I did not want to walk.  Some people had not walked earlier so they walked to dinner.  The rest of us decided to go by taxi.  It was a bit of a challenge getting there.  8 of us piled into a 6 passenger taxi.  But we got there ok.    

They had a chair lift, luckily no one in our group needed it.

It was a very noisy restaurant.  But the food was good.  It was a very extensive buffet.

Rebecca making a toast

My plate of goodies.

Desserts

We had a chance to move into one of the party rooms so that we could have a quiet place to connect. George Penner and his wife Vera (sp?) and Sylvia (Rebecca's sister) joined us. It was a warmer place and more comfortable.