On the road (and in the air)

This week David, Daniel and Matthew have found themselves at Agonda Beach in south Goa on the west coast of India. It's a gem of a place, just a very quiet town with a few guest houses, beach huts and restaurants with a wonderful beach and sea. Local traffic consists of scooters, cows and wild pigs. Week one of the half-term break is always busy but week two gives the chance for the boys to unwind, have fun and enjoy some different food (as well as quite a few treats!) We are staying in a very simple guest home just a minute's walk from the beach run by a Catholic family - there is quite a Catholic heritage in this part of India. For Daniel it is not all play as he has to do some study for GCSE exams which are coming up fast. It's always good to have these days together and this time we are with two other families (one Swedish and one Australian) working respectively in Bangladesh and Calcutta, so we have rich times of fellowship and conversation over the leisurely evening meal. Tomorrow however the journey home begins with an overnight bus journey back to Ooty. After a couple of days there, David has the joy of two consecutive overnight flights to look forward to, with a day in Singapore in between. Our lifestyle is certainly unusual, but never lacking in different experiences.