DakshinaChitra Heritage Museum: An almost perfect first trip
People often think of industrial visits in terms of noisy machines and factory lines. That is not what happened on our first one, we ended up at a spot focused on saving culture instead of making stuff in huge amounts and that place is Dakshina Chitra Heritage Museum. It sits along the East Coast Road near Chennai. This museum does not keep history locked up in cases. We found out right away that it works as a living museum and you do not only look at the past there, you step straight into it. Our trip turned into a real journey back in time. We did not stop at staring at photos of ancient homes. We went inside them. In Tamil Nadu style, we explored the wide open yards of Chettinad houses. The wood carvings there were amazing, and so were the walls made with egg plaster. After that, we moved along a trail. Suddenly we were in a Kerala Syrian Christian home. Its dark wood stood out, along with the way it caught breezes from all sides. Kerala Christian house All eighteen of the old house...