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We found ourselves a nice dune, set our mats, and all our
accessories (food the very important one!) and just lie down

gazing at the sky…. First we saw one shooting star, then
another and another …some tiny, some large, some just
flashing by while some lingered .. Dashing across the sky,
just like they shot off after checking us out .we didn’t know
where to turn our head to...Coz it was showers of shooting
stars everywhere. At every shooting star there was a huge
applause going on around the whole of the campers distrib-
uted around the stretch of dunes. It was fun … There was a

mutual camaraderie amongst all of us there from different We started our journey back home, humming the song
countries, enjoying the display of nature “Country road, take me home, to the place I belong...”
Which we all sang together there in the dunes with so
We could see the red Mars, the yellowish Venus, the Saturn many people whom we just met, with warmth and the joy of
and Jupiter, the Aries, Taurus, Big Bear, Capricorn…. Even sharing the most spectacular show in the sky. I believe, we
saw the Milky Way…. And then the rising moon till dawn… saw around hundreds of shooting stars this one night, a
The sunrise came as if it had missed the sky and wanted night to remember.
nothing more than to warm up those blues to a radiant red
and gold. ( I described my experience to my students and many have
visited this place, their parents calling me up and asking for

In the dune next to our were families from Philippines who the road directions- and they enjoyed it too!)
had Karaoke music and singing to some popular English
music, we joined them in singing …then there was a little
boy Eric who came up to me and introduced himself -“Hi I
am Eric, I am from France, my family is sitting over right
there, can I play with your son? Such a warm boy and so
very trusting and friendly. So the kids made new friends and
had fun rolling down the dunes, and I did it too!! It really was

FUNN. (Next time you go to the dunes, Do It!!)

Mrs. Priya S Balachandran
Middle Girls

Science Department

Finally as the rising sun cast a rosy hue across the morning
sky. Golden fingers of sunlight lit up the scene it was time
for us to return back home with the notions of illumination
and hope, happiness and satisfaction and promises to keep,
restfulness above to calm the soul. In this night we all be-
come one, one promise of life awaiting the return of the sun.

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