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Hi,
I'm Markus. I am 18 and am currently on my gap year ahead of going to Uni this September.
Having completed my A-Levels, last summer, I was desperate to get away, travel, and explore a new country and to gain some practical field work experience - the Crocodile Conservation Volunteer Project project in Chennai was the perfect opportunity for me to do all of this!
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Last Sunday evening was as usual my trip to 'Selomonis' house for
dinner (Selomonis is one the Keepers at the Crocodile Bank), only this
week I was not to go to his house but to a wedding.
He drove me by motor bike (as with all the trips I have taken on motor
bike you may be worried to hear that at no time have I worn leather or
helmet) to a little side street on the outskirts of Chennai,
this little alleyway led to two tiny house where disorganized chaos was
taking place.
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I went to Chengalputt with my friend Dinesh to visit his family. After
setting off at 6.30am, we arrived in Chengal and went off to his
Grandmas' place. When I got there I was greeted by an army of faces -
the grandfather, grandmother, auntie, uncle, 6 cousins (all under 10)
and brother of Dinesh.
The smallest cousin was about a year old, in the western world he
would be given a disposable nappy but this is India and only the middle
and upper classes can afford them.
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