This summer, would you like to take your family and your kids to some less explored places in the Mylapore zone?
Here are a few destinations. Personal recommendations.
They are not exotic: they are very engaging spaces and some can even surprise you, if you have an open mind.
- Destination No.1. Has to be the Marina. Take the Marina Loop Road, that runs alongside the Light House and motor some 200 mts south, away from the bustling fish market. The sands here are clean ( thank you GCC), the area quiet.
If you are curious, trail the fisherfolk as they come home with their catch, clean their nets and sales begin. They can tell you a bit about the fish and of their outing. Some education and some fun.
- Destination No.2 - Tholkappia Poonga / Adyar Poonga. Register online, admission is limited. Explore the rugged terrain, the vegetation, flora and fauna and be surprised by creatures you wouldn’t expect to spot in our city! Tarry by the waterbodies and look for bird life.
The Poonga also allows people on long morning Walks, for a small fee. Great place to shoot pictures. More at - https://www.chennairivers.gov.in/
- Destination No. 3 - Explore the real, old Mylapore. Take a walk starting 6 a.m. from, say the entrance to Mundagakanni Amman Temple road from Kutchery Road, and go into all the small streets and lanes - shrines, tiled-roof houses, kolams, goli-soda carts . . .
- Destination No.4 - Long Walk off the Marina. To gaze at a grand line-up of vintage buildings and their campuses. Start from the All India Radio end and walk north.
Go as far a your legs take you. Perhaps as far as the PWD headquarters. Best done at 7 am or after 4 p.m.
- Destination No.5 - Visit the Museum of Possibilities, located north of the Vivekananda Memorial and Museum campus on the Marina road. This is a demonstration centre for assistive technology for people with disabilities. And it also offers solutions to seniors who need accessories and home facilities.
This is a place that you and I must go to, to be better educated in life, and better our outlook towards less abled and senior citizens. And these lessons start early. Open 11 am to 8 pm ( Tuesday is a holiday). Call 28447297.
I have five more to offer. But if this list can motivate you, your family and your children, I would have earned my reward.
Where would I pause this summer in this zone?, you ask. If you know me well, it has to be close to water.
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