March 23rd - 25th Kodai

Saturday we rose, had our luxurious breakfast at the Carlton, then walked around the lake, seeing all the new developments, in particular the traffic on the Bund (now four lanes) and around Bryant Park.  Leslie misplaced her eyeglasses when we went to the Alumni Office to use our internet, and despite all our efforts, were not able to find them.

Kodai Lake

George's Bakery - Bagels anyone?

David’s classmate from Kodai Class of 1967, Tim Heineman, arrived from Bangalore to see David, and we went to George and Vera Penner’s house for dinner with Tim and also David Morris, of the class of 1965. We had a lot of fun talking about old times at Kodai School. Vera is an artist and George has started a bakery (George’s Gourmet Kitchen) producing bagels, English muffins, biscotti and very good sauces and pickles.

Vera and George Penner, David Morris, David and Tim Heineman

On Sunday we rose and headed up to the Penner’s for breakfast and then a light hike with Tim Heineman, plus the Penner’s and their dog, going through  an area called the “white forest” because of the tall white-barked trees. Later we enjoyed seeing Vera’s studio and greatly admired her work www.veradejong.com.  If we could have figured out a way to carry a painting in our backpacks we would have bought one! We had a light brunch with them, then were given a ride back to Loch End, and later met up with Tim Heineman for coffee before he started his 18-hour trip back to Bangalore.



Gaur herd (wild bison) - blocking our path - turned and walked back the way we came

Monday, we had an Indian breakfast and then went up to Penner’s to see his staff making bagels in his bakery.  Our hike with Penner’s and their dog took us behind Wyadra and just below the Observatory, where we ran into a herd of bison heading our way, so we turned back. We also saw a very colorful Malabar Squirrel beside the path.


Malabar Squirel

We enjoyed another one of many delicious cappuccinos at their house. 

Bachman Cottage - our home for a week

Vera's Art Studio

In the afternoon we visited David Morris’ house on Arcotia Compound, the same compound that we stayed in a couple of times when our parents came to Kodai. We also met David’s son Arthur, who is in grade 10 at Kodai.