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India Travelogue 2015
#23/26
Nagapattinam #1
Mayiladuturai Junction
Photo by author, 2015
After a 12-hour night train ride, I arrived at the last station, Mayiladuthurai Junction. Here the owner arranged two cars to send us to our final destination, Nagapatinam.
A lime tree is planted on the platform to provide shade.
We cross the overpass, with porters carrying my luggage. It’s only 7 o’clock in the morning, but is feels like 35 degrees!
During the day, temperature will reach 45 degrees. If you are not in the shade….
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The State Railways of India has a broad gauge of 1,676 mm.
(Japan’s Shinkansen is a standard gauge of 1,435mm, and Japan’s conventional lines is a narrow gauge of 1,067mm)
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There is always a porter service upon arrival at the station, and I am grateful that there are porters on standby.
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The old porter is taking a rest in front of the station.
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Election poster
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A view of the railway station building in a provincial town.
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Luggage check along the way.
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Tropical trees are all curved and bent in the same direction.
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A large tree shading the house. (1)
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A large tree shading the house. (2)
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Coconuts are anyhow stacked together.
This area seems to be a good area.
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This house by the road side seems to be a storeroom.
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Nagapattinam
Is the building in the photo a mosque?
This Indian city has a relatively large Muslim population.
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Is the telephone pole going to collapse?
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A local fresh market under a simple roof.
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Residential buildings in the city. (1)
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Residential buildings in the city. (2)
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Residential buildings in the city. (3)
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Residential buildings in the city. (4)
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Residential buildings in the city. (5)
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Residential buildings in the city. (6)
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Tap water
There is a tap water point outside this house, and it seems that it is a common tap shared with the surrounding residents.
There is no need to transport water from a distance, so the residents seem to be happy.
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Indian Railways Nagapattinam station
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Seems like the only hotel in this local city.
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There is no supply of drinking water, so we had to bring our own by buying from outside.
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Tsunami Memorial Pillar, Nagapattinam
The Great Sumatra Earthquake (magnitude M9.0) that occurred on December 26, 2004 became a tsunami and reached the east coast of Nagapattinam here in Tamil Nadu, India. The were about 30,000 death. It is said that many people are also missing.
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All photos by author, March 2015
