Today we went to Mangamanuthu where we were met by children lining the path to St Marcellin’s school.  We had a really fantastic enthusiastic greeting from the children and the staff at the school and we had a great time visiting the classrooms and participating in various sports activities.

We also visited the village and were party to the blessings of the ground for the three new houses which will be built in the next three months.  One of the houses is for the cook who works in the Marist Brothers house.  One of the other houses is for an elderly couple who have never had a proper house in their lives.

We have arrived safely in Trichy with all the luggage and all the young people.  No mishaps with either!  Chinna was waiting for us when we arrived and whisked us back to the brothers’ house.  We are all settled in now and really looking forward to going to visit St Marcelin school tomorrow.  Hopefully by then we will have recovered from being awake and travelling for the last 36 hours!

The team from St John’s RC High School and St Paul’s RC Academy will leave Glasgow on Sunday 16th June at 2.15pm and  we will arrive in Tiruchirappalli on Monday 17th June. We will update the blog as often as we can. Please feel free to leave your comments on any of our posts. We look forward to reading your posts!

Welcome to our India 2013 blog!  It has been really great to be reminded about the adventures of the 2012 expedition.  We will be setting off on our own adventure on Sunday 16 June 2013 so keep checking in so that you can share our experiences!