my labour day

i'm now in the third week of community medicine posting, which i can say is the most relaxing posting among the six posting of my fifth semester. so, on the labour day, which is also called May Day in india, i invited some of my friends together with an intern who i just knew, to st. mary's island. it was around 6 kilometers away from udupi, and it is outside malpe beach. malpe beach, is the nearest beach to manipal, where most of the student will usually come during weekend whenever
they are free. it is the first beach i stepped on in india. malpe beach is facing Arabian sea, and is always crowded with the locals during the weekend, which gives me a different feeling whenever i came here. all blacks instead of whites or yellow skin! ok, back to st. mary's island. she was

discovered by Vasco de Gama. he was said to have landed here in 1498. her original name was El Padron de Santa Maria by Vasco de Gama.

st.mary's island

i have always planned to go this place since i started my fifth semester. on may day, without much preparation, we left manipal to udupi in a bus, the transit to malpe in an auto. i had been putting a very high hope on this place since everyone was telling it has a good landscape for photo shooting. again, bargaining become one of the schedule for this trip. luckily i brought 2 friends with at least diploma in bargaining. we finally got rs 1000 for 7 people (and trust me, if you come here by chance, fight with them till you get lower price, as lower as you can). with my mild motion sickness, i forced myself into a small speed boat, and guess what! we are welcomed by a "slight strong" waves which "washed up" the two fellow who took the front seat.
i can tell you, the 20 minutes boat ride almost help me to empty up my stomach! and finally, we are here! ST. MARY'S!

what the island has impressed me is the beach which is covered by sea shells instead of sand,the sea shells which cover the beach,

the sea shells which cover the beach

dr.ginsy, the intern who i invited to st. mary's

and also the rocky side at the beach which has unique position and shape. because of st.mary's location, which is away from the main land, the water is escaped from pollution, maybe there are urine in it from the locals who are having fun here!

the unique landscape of st.mary's

without wasting time, i start my work here! although is a small island, i did not manage to complete the whole land. i was doing my photo shooting with nikon d80, which i borrowed from a junior of mine, and i can tell that i really enjoy each shooting moment here, learning to use the dslr, and also, trying lots of way in landscape shooting. while shooting, though i did not really take lots of good photos here. but still, i keep on giving grace to lord for his creation.
i had been actually trying to ignore the time limit that the boat man has gave us, as we were to be given 1 hour on the islands.
as we all know, happy moment always short. without notice, one hour has gone and we could only manage to discovered 1/4th of the island. the frustrated boat man shout us from far.even though i was not satisfied with the service, still the emotion of the boat man had entertained me!
again on the very uncomfortable boat ride, we are back to malpe beach. though it only took 20 minutes, it was like a never reach ride for me.
after all, still i enjoy the trip. and if, i have chance i might step on the island again to complete the whole land.

let see, why yew kong suddenly become so shy in front of Dr. Ginsy? romance always part of the beach activities.

see!? i'm not wrong right?
people never miss romance at beach!


if this person continued to stand here to be salted,
definitely, your grandchildren will meet him
when they come here after 100 years.

bollywood style of expression of love?

in my opinion, a small place like st. mary has been so beautiful, how about the other top 10 islands in the world. god's architecture always that creative and unique, hope the people here and the tourist who come here could always appreciate and protect this tiny island.