The Flapper Life women’s travel group had organized a secret hideaway in Chennai on 26th March. Ten women joined the tour with Aafreen Fathima as the host. Aafreen is an architect, artist, and a huge heritage enthusiast. So, we all waited in excitement to land at the secret site as the van moved.
The wait was worth it. And we
arrived at Thamarai House in Kadapakkam near ECR. The house was a Kerala-style
wooden house on the banks of a big and beautiful lagoon. It was a gem of a
place. The house had intricate wood designs. Beautiful photos and artwork of
Kathakali dancers, decorated cows and elephants, and other paintings were on
display. Vessels were decorated with flowers.
After a tasty lunch, we had a
postcard-making workshop. Each one of us selected some object in the house or
surroundings that we wanted to draw. Then we sketched that on the postcard and
coloured it. I chose to draw the Kathakali dancer.
The next event was the most
fulfilling and rejuvenating one. We went boating in the lagoon. All of us sat
on a single boat. We saw birds, fish, sunset, trees, and the Alamparai fort as
we sailed on the waters. We wet our hands. We also stepped out on a narrow
strip of sand near the beach and wet our legs. The 1.5 hours of boat journey
was memorable.
Wow
ReplyDeleteWonderful ani..why dont our group visit here?
ReplyDeleteNice Anitha
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