the clouds rolling in looked ominous, but the rain held off. The sea was a colour I've never seen it - black and green with sand and seaweed. warm wind and soft sand. swimming was unthinkable.
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| this is one of my all time favourite pictures - we made good friends with the kids on the left, but the beautiful women on the right were just having a normal day out at the beach, in all their bright, glittery shalwar kameez outfits. getting wet and not minding at all |
this was one of my favourite days in India, for some reason. We built amazing sandcastles and made friends with some incredibly creative kids. They really inspired me - on arrival they immediately started collecting up rubbish from the beach, and turned it into beautiful scapes in the sand. I wish I'd taken better pictures of their intense play - ice cream sticks became street lights, paper plates were houses, sea weed gardens. I think it was extra nice because in India I didn't see kids doing much free play; allowed to get a bit dirty (even pick up rubbish!) so that made me very happy.
we played with the girl to our right for a while in a playground. she then rushed off and bought Janu an ice cream! This is but one of the many times we experienced such generosity and kindness from almost-strangers. we were regularly humbled by this.
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