Itinerary

Here is an overview of the trip (just for you Grandma!):

17th evening -
18th midnight
HYC arrives. HOPE team receives them at the airport
Travel to Vishranthi Nilayam for R & R
18th Wed
7.30 am - 8.30 am
Breakfast
9.00 am - 5 pm
Visit HOPE sites, Slum School, Children's Love Castles, Mark (the artist's home)

Have lunch in Cosmos Mall
Visit HOPE's hostel for street children, tour the facility, meet the children and the youth
Break into teams (with the children as a part of each team),
Make time bound plans for building one or more fish ponds, a dinosaur, a collage of
charcoal drawings / paintings, clay modeling - Mark will guide, HOPE team will facilitate.
6.00 pm
Dinner
7.00 pm
Leave for Vishranthi Nilayam
Free time within campus
19th Thursday
7.30 am - 8.30 am
Breakfast
9.00 am
Leave for Hostel
10 am - 1 pm
Activities - Session 1
1 pm - 2pm
Lunch

2 - 5.30 pm
Activities - Session 2
5.30 - 6 pm
Freshen up
6.00 pm
Dinner
7.00 pm
Leave for Vishranthi Nilayam
Free time within campus
20th Friday
7.30 am - 8.30 am
Breakfast
9.00 am
Leave for Hostel
10 am - 1 pm
Activities - Session 3
1 pm - 2pm
Lunch with the children in COSMOS Mall

2 - 5.30 pm
Activities - Session 4
5.30 - 6 pm
Freshen up
6.00 pm
Dinner
7.00 pm
Leave for Vishranthi Nilayam
Free time within campus
21st Sat
7.30 am
Leave for Wonder La - Water Park with the children
Breakfast on the bus, 2 hour journey
5.00 pm
Leave for Vishranthi Nilayam, Snacks and cold drinks will be available on the bus
7.30 pm
Dinner
22nd Sunday
7.30 am - 8.30 am
Breakfast
9.30 am
Leave for church
10 am - 12 noon
Worship
1:00 PM
Lunch
3 - 5.30 pm
Free time
5.30 pm
Leave for train station to travel to Tharangambadi
23rd Monday
7.30 am
Reach Mailadithurai
Drive by bus through scenic and picturesque route to reach Tharangambadi
9.00 am
Breakfast at 'Bungalow on the Beach'
10.00 am
Check into Tamil Nadu Hotel (adjacent to 'Bungalow on the Beach'), freshen up etc
11.30 am
Visit HOPE sites, walk down to the beach see the impact of the tsunami
2.00 pm
Lunch at ' Bungalow on the Beach'
3.00 pm
Visit the Samsung School of Hope, Chinnakudi
5.00 pm
Leave for Tamil Nadu Hotel (adjacent to Bungalow on the Beach)
7.00 pm
Dinner
Bonfire on the beach, w music by Stephen Durkota and team
24th Tuesday
7.30 am
Breakfast at ' Bungalow on the Beach'
8.30 am
Leave for HOPE sites
9.00 am
Activity - Session 1 - Build boundary wall around United Way auditorium, a cricket pitch, creating a garden
Options include teaching youth computers, playing games with the children (total of 250 kids) etc.
12.30 pm
Lunch
2.00 pm
Activity - Session 2
5.00 pm
Leave for Tamil Nadu Hotel (adjacent to Bungalow on the Beach)
7.00 pm
Dinner
25th Wed
7.30 am
Breakfast at ' Bungalow on the Beach'
8.30 am
Leave for HOPE sites
9.00 am
Activity - Session 3
12.30 pm
Lunch
2.00 pm
Activity - Session 4
5.00 pm
Leave for Tamil Nadu Hotel
7.00 pm
Dinner
26th Thur
7.30 am
Breakfast at 'Bungalow on the Beach'
8.30 am
Leave for HOPE sites
9.00 am
Activity - Session 5
12.30 pm
Lunch
2.00 pm
Activity - Session 6
5.00 pm
Leave for Tamil Nadu Hotel
7.00 pm
Dinner
27th Fri
7.30 am
Breakfast at 'Bungalow on the Beach'
8.30 am
Leave for HOPE sites
9.00 am
Activity - Session 7
12.30 pm
Lunch
2.00 pm
Activity - Session 8 - Adieu to the children and the community
5.00 pm
Leave for Tamil Nadu Hotel
7.00 pm
Banquet
28th Sat
7.30 am
Breakfast at 'Bungalow on the Beach'
8.30 am
Leave for Vellankani

Shopping
12.30 pm
Lunch at French restaurant in Pondicherry
3.00 pm
Leave for train station to get back to Bangalore
7.00 pm
Dinner on the train
29th Sun
7.30 am
Reach Bangalore
9.30 am
Leave for church
10 am - 12 noon
Church
1 .00 pm
Lunch
2.30 pm
R & R
7.00 pm
Leave for airport

Please pray that we can have an impact.
Love,
Chels